400 BLOWSBlack Rainbow

Genre: Noiserock
Label: Reptilian
  • DoLP
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Artikelnummer: 020106 Release Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024

Beschreibung

In the depths of the underground music scene, 400 Blows emerged as a phantom-like trio, armed with a guitar, drums, and vocals, carving their niche in the caustic melting pot of noise-rock. Under the cover of night, they would materialize in some dark, illegal basement where a small fire could have snuffed out the lives of everyone inside their clandestine performances. Undeterred, the band persevered for a remarkable 15 years, sharing their sonic revelations with anyone willing to lend an ear.
Black Rainbow, their enduring masterpiece, resonates with the same vitality it possessed upon its release. Channeling the manic energy of Minneapolis‘ Hammerhead and infusing it with the economical precision reminiscent of Wire at their most vitriolic, 400 Blows carved a unique path. Poetic and occasionally philosophical, they stood as art house outsiders alongside kindred spirits like US Maple and The Blood Brothers.
Black Rainbow eschews frenetic discordance for the primitive. Tracks like „Mortar & Pestle“ and „Premature Burial“ echo the industrial pulse of Ministry, blended with the hypnotic throb of Amon Düül II. The result is a record that captivates with its accessibility while unsettling with its mechanical and alienating undertones, conjuring memories of the relentless grind akin to Uniform or Killing Joke.
Released two decades ago in 2003, this double LP, their second offering, marked a pivotal moment. To put in Kubrickian terms, if their debut was the cave-dwelling dawn-of-man era, „Black Rainbow“ is the epoch when they harnessed the bone as a tool, evolved and propelled it into the metaphorical cosmos. This is when they figured out who and what they were and let it rip. This is Black Rainbow.

Tracks

01. The Root Of Our Nature
02. The World's Largest Miniature
03. The Ugly Are So Beautiful
04. The Long Wait For Nothing
05. The Wrong Song
06. The Shipwrecked Sailor
07. Thinking Of You
08. Black Rainbow
09. The Gods Are Laughing At Us
10. The Kids Are Not At Home
11. The Bards Must Drink And Junket
12. Everyone Is Silent
13. Mortar And Pestle
14. A Man Of Many Words
15. Premature Burial
16. The Bull That Killed The Matador