"Fusing sci-fi dissonance with skyscraping songcraft, the trio set their amps at 11 and aim for a ragged glory that is both ringing and true. A ravenous and headlong display of frenzied dynamics, proggy tempo hanges, power electronics, feedback blizzards and honest-to-goodness American hardcore blood-sweat-tears, Stay Afraid is refreshingly unabashed and free of pretense. Deploying an arsenal of treble and fuzz trickery, the production here is reminiscent of industrial-strength indie stalwarts like Chrome and Flour, not to mention the invigorating melody-rich furor of Mission Of Burma or Wire. Lo-fi epics like "A Great Divide" ride a full-bore wall of noise tempered by a sweetly earnest core, while "Timeline" surfs on sine waves below a welter of uplifting boy-angst. (Is that a fax machine beneath that anthemic bellowing, or did they lose that memo too."
- PARTS & LABOR:
- Dan FRIEL Voix, Guitare, Keyboards
- Dan FRIEL Electronics
- BJ WARSHAW Voix, Guitare basse, Keyboards
- BJ WARSHAW Electronics
- Christopher R. WEINGARTEN Drums
- 1 A great divide
- 2 Drastic measures
- 3 A pleasant stay
- 4 New buildings
- 5 Death
- 6 Timeline
- 7 Repair
- 8 Stay afraid
- 9 Springtime hibernation
- 10 Changing of the guard
