★★★★★★★★★ 9/10
Radiation City did something with their latest album, The Hands
That Take You, that we haven't seen for some time now: they made
a whole and complete record. As the way we obtain and listen to music has evolved, so too has the creation of the music itself. We purchase/download music by the song, not the album and so artists make singles and add filler songs. However, this is an album to be listened to in it's entirety. It tells a story, one that vibrates through your ears to your very core. Radiation City fluently marries dramatic build ups and tension with distance and space. This album is one that morphs and develops more with each song but it requires patience. The musical foreplay seems torturous at first with dissonant beats, muffled riffs and faint vocals, but that's
part of the charm and the harmonious eruptions come at all the
right moments. The music is reasonably cheerful but there's an
overwhelming sense of discontentment wrapped delicately under
apathetic melodies. The Hands That Take You is a narrative that
requires repeated playings in order to discover the nuances,
however the songs do stand honorably on their own as well.
Radiation City did something with their latest album, The Hands
That Take You, that we haven't seen for some time now: they made
a whole and complete record. As the way we obtain and listen to music has evolved, so too has the creation of the music itself. We purchase/download music by the song, not the album and so artists make singles and add filler songs. However, this is an album to be listened to in it's entirety. It tells a story, one that vibrates through your ears to your very core. Radiation City fluently marries dramatic build ups and tension with distance and space. This album is one that morphs and develops more with each song but it requires patience. The musical foreplay seems torturous at first with dissonant beats, muffled riffs and faint vocals, but that's
part of the charm and the harmonious eruptions come at all the
right moments. The music is reasonably cheerful but there's an
overwhelming sense of discontentment wrapped delicately under
apathetic melodies. The Hands That Take You is a narrative that
requires repeated playings in order to discover the nuances,
however the songs do stand honorably on their own as well.
