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The Funeral & the Twilight - Falling Corpse - 9 Track Album - Released 20th September 2014
The Funeral & the Twilight
Falling Corpse
9 Track Album
Released 20th September 2014
The Funeral & the Twilight
The Funeral & the Twilight – Minneapolis
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/The.Funeral.And.The.Twilight
Listen/Buy here:
http://thefuneralandthetwilight.bandcamp.com/album/falling-corpse
Genre: Dark negative rock
Make this man into a girl
The bristling tones of drums ring out to some striking guitar and demonic bass hooks, joined by the yodelling tones of Benjamin, It is so difficult not to react with the tapping of feet as the surge of intensity increases into a fuelled and engaging magnitude of all out strangeness.
Crusaders of Death
This is a more balanced track that is tempered with sonically engaging rhythms and hypnotic beats. Imposing and swiftly edging toward bruising swagger.
Some kind of abstraction
This is a lot slower than the previous two tracks and ambles its way through a strong structure with modest beats and riffs alike. One of the longer ones on the album.
Only Death
Is a right rampage which intensifies almost instantly with demonic screeching vocal edge and powerful drum beats veined with tempestuous bass hooks! The potency is concentrated with lavish and lingering effects.
Its name cannot be spoken
If a track could be cursed, it would surely be this one! The strange devilish sounds ring out in a dreamy haze of destruction, abrasive and creepy. Growing with antagonistic flair and prowess, it constantly twists and turns into a myriad of madness as it evolves.
Baalberith
Moving to a more rhythmic structure but none the less strange and impacting as its humongous tones and squally vocals edge toward their conclusion although not sure where that is as the surprise element is not knowing which direction it will take.
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“A strange concoction of gloom and devilry works so well ‘live’ if for the full-on effect of seeing Noah’s gigantic frame tossing his sea of hair in time to the mighty warped rhythms that are dealt like a blow to the gut!”
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Bad Man
A slow mesmeric track that engages in a twisted kind of way. It constantly inflames with a demonic haze of brittleness and expelled in a strange kind of ritual.
Why don’t you love me?
There seems to be a lot of shoe tapping here perhaps that’s what shoe-gaze is as this track comes to life in an unusual manner. It is coloured with a wondrous and dramatic wash of cinematic hues and steadily grows.
Nobody in his right mind
Another strange and angular creation that slowly parades its art with heaps of sultry swagger. Penetrating the emotions and injecting them with a wavering tone of muscular rhythms.
Summary
I have to say that I get it now – the difference between the earlier album and later album is that with the later version it has more activity and more experimental features, although it is still pleasingly strange.
I know ‘live’ that TFATT are crazy and very engaging and feel that their strengths lie in giving a live performance to show off their creative talents as the album needs those three guys to perform their live rituals rather than just having people listen on CD. It's like they offer you roses but they are made of barbed wire - clever!
Personally I prefer the bands later material but it is good to compare the two. It is kind of bewitching and very distinctive, most definitely Topsy Turvey if nothing else, and taunts, poking a finger right into the eye until it smarts thus grabbing your attention.
A strange concoction of gloom and devilry works so well ‘live’ if for the full-on effect of seeing Noah’s gigantic frame tossing his sea of hair in time to the mighty warped rhythms that are dealt like a blow to the gut!
9/10
Track List:
Make this man into a girl
Crusaders of Death
Some kind of abstraction
Only Death
Its name cannot be spoken
Baalberith
Bad Man
Why don’t you love me?
Nobody in his right mind
Members:
Benjamin Jones – Vocals/Guitar
Brandon Keegan - Drums
Noah Schafer - Bass
