The
UK band Diagonal is back with their 2nd record. We saw them play 4
years ago at the Roadburn festival and they were great. They are slow to make
their records but they are cool. The first instrumental number will remind people
a bit of Astra with its heavy layers of synthesizers and basic sound. These
Yellow Sands starts slowly with the horns taking the lead in this slow mellow
spacey build up. At 2½ mins it really takes off with the guitar leading the way
with a very melodic solo as the horns compliment the groove and spacey
keyboards. It has a very intense and complex ending. Mitochondria starts slow
and spacey with horns and piano and is quite haunting. With this song title, I
wonder if anyone in the band is a biologist like myself? At the 2min segment it
really pick up and starts with a great clarinet solo. Another very complex
track with great guitar and horn dynamics. All the members are credited with
vocals but not a peep our of anyone yet! Maybe this track? Hulk starts with
some intense drumming and then the vocals! The lead vocal is by Nicholas, the
saxophone-clarinet player. There is very little singing and they just get down
to the track at hand. Capsizing the last track, starts really spacey and
floating. The slow building bass line driving the track forward before the
drums come in and the pace picks up. The clarinet takes the first solo followed
by a trippy saxophone solo with a lot of reverb and other horns mixed in as
well. This is a very melodic track and the mood changes completely from the way
it begins. Another very cool record.
This is a site where I post reviews of CDs, DVDs, LPs, and concerts. I have been writing music reviews on and off since 1984. I ran a heavy metal fanzine from 1984-1988 called Metal Madness and have been a staff writer for Aural Innovations for many years. I have also contributed to Chrohinga Well (RIP), Bad Acid (RIP), Lowcut (RIP), Roadburn and a number of other zines as well. I recently moved to Portugal so please request the new address and do not send any music to Denmark anymore. Tak..
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