Band : Heavy Heavy Low Low
Album : Hospital Bomber EP
Release Year : 2010
Release Year : 2010
Genre : Hardcore | Mathcore | Experimental
Tracklist :
1. Je Suis Ame Solitaire
2. Customary Impurity
3. Meathole
4. We Incompetent Sperm
The only backround i feel I need to give about this band is that they have garnered an extreme amount of hatred. Mostly due to the fact that they get bunched into a genre where many bands rely on being extremely technical. I have seen reviews of their last album, Turtle Nip and the Toxic Shock, where people have mentioned bands like Dillinger Escape Plan which if you have ever heard both bands is a completely ridiculous comparison. What is Heavy Heavy Low Low then? I'd say it’s impossible to describe at this point and wouldn't want to. I just know that they are moderately heavy with many indie elements, and have a strange catchiness that's difficult to explain. The only thing I would suggest for someone who has not heard of them or not given them a chance is to listen to the songs on their myspace, purevolume or whatever and draw your own conclusions...
Hospital Bomber is a four minute plus mind fuck. Within that four minutes your ears are graced by elements of hardcore, surf, mathcore, and other various musical elements. Robert Smith's voice is a lot lower and hoarser than previous albums yet it tends to work extremely well with the music. I have seen many comments on the bands more recent live youtube videos speculating that he has lost his voice and I am glad to announce that this is not true although it is much different if not better than before. The band as a whole is extremely consistent throughout and has definitely matured since the days of Courtside Seats and EWEW.
The album begins with a short intro called Je Suis Ame Solitaire which is composed of Rob making weird noises with a driving bass and drum followed by some screaming with a good deal of feedback and other random noises. Customary Impurity starts off slow with Rob almost chanting over some steady drumming which explodes into the typical HHLL chaos that most people have come to expect. The song has a few slower sections of spoken word which made brief appearances on EWEW and were a larger part of TNTS that really add a lot to the song as a whole. Meat Hole is complete musical insanity containing more hardcore elements with Rob's hoarse voice being interjected in between in the best ways possible. This is followed by the last, and probably one of the best HHLL tracks I've ever heard, We Incompetent Sperm. The song shows off many of the experimental touches that flourished on TNTS blended with some of the heavier sections of EWEW. Rob's voice is picture perfect blending the new rougher vocal tone with some more decipherable clean vocals.
2. Customary Impurity
3. Meathole
4. We Incompetent Sperm
The only backround i feel I need to give about this band is that they have garnered an extreme amount of hatred. Mostly due to the fact that they get bunched into a genre where many bands rely on being extremely technical. I have seen reviews of their last album, Turtle Nip and the Toxic Shock, where people have mentioned bands like Dillinger Escape Plan which if you have ever heard both bands is a completely ridiculous comparison. What is Heavy Heavy Low Low then? I'd say it’s impossible to describe at this point and wouldn't want to. I just know that they are moderately heavy with many indie elements, and have a strange catchiness that's difficult to explain. The only thing I would suggest for someone who has not heard of them or not given them a chance is to listen to the songs on their myspace, purevolume or whatever and draw your own conclusions...
Hospital Bomber is a four minute plus mind fuck. Within that four minutes your ears are graced by elements of hardcore, surf, mathcore, and other various musical elements. Robert Smith's voice is a lot lower and hoarser than previous albums yet it tends to work extremely well with the music. I have seen many comments on the bands more recent live youtube videos speculating that he has lost his voice and I am glad to announce that this is not true although it is much different if not better than before. The band as a whole is extremely consistent throughout and has definitely matured since the days of Courtside Seats and EWEW.
The album begins with a short intro called Je Suis Ame Solitaire which is composed of Rob making weird noises with a driving bass and drum followed by some screaming with a good deal of feedback and other random noises. Customary Impurity starts off slow with Rob almost chanting over some steady drumming which explodes into the typical HHLL chaos that most people have come to expect. The song has a few slower sections of spoken word which made brief appearances on EWEW and were a larger part of TNTS that really add a lot to the song as a whole. Meat Hole is complete musical insanity containing more hardcore elements with Rob's hoarse voice being interjected in between in the best ways possible. This is followed by the last, and probably one of the best HHLL tracks I've ever heard, We Incompetent Sperm. The song shows off many of the experimental touches that flourished on TNTS blended with some of the heavier sections of EWEW. Rob's voice is picture perfect blending the new rougher vocal tone with some more decipherable clean vocals.
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