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decibel magazine.
there is a nice pelican article in the latest issue of decibel as well as a poster included with artwork done by paul romano inspired by the song "autumn into summer".
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8/8/2005, 12:02 pm
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Kick-ass...Paul Romano rules. I have a couple of small tattoos of his art~
Can't wait to see this one......
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8/10/2005, 2:17 pm
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Pelican
The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
HYDRA HEAD
Here at the Decibel stronghold we like to joke that something “happens” every five minutes over the course of an average Isis album, every 10 minutes on a Cult of Luna special, and every 25 minutes on a Mars Volta behemoth (That latest Neurosis? Don’t ask). Based solely on 2003’s self-titled debut EP and Australasia full-length, Chicago-based instrumental doom-drone quartet Pelican would seem to fall right in the middle of that cheekily exaggerated spectrum. Like many Neur-Isis drop C minimalists, they’ve built their persona around economy of power, gradually layering thick concrete blocks of riffage one atop the other until you blink and—whoa—suddenly, it’s art. Staggering as prior climaxes often were, Pelican’s m.o. didn’t exactly qualify as unique beneath rumbling Southern Lord skies. When they recently mused via interview about someday making a record with their favorite guest vocalists, the talent pool seemed obvious: Steve Von Till, Justin Broadrick, and Aaron Turner anyone?
Well, throw all that nitpicky bull**** out the window, ’cause Pelican have flown the mother****ing coop, artfully decorating their thud-core exoskeleton with all sorts of uplifting, sweeping, textured flourishes. Think Mogwai but not boring, Kevin Shields but not dancey, and Earth but not EAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRTTTTTHHH. And that’s really all you can ask of a young band with Pelican’s considerable potential—be self-aware enough to make a few risky adjustments when your methodology becomes the norm, but somehow pull that off without sacrificing your identity.
Consider it pulled. It’s tempting to compel you to choke on your own barf by peppering this review with synonyms of “serene”—there’s a lot of lateral headbanging to be had on The Fire in Our Throats—but rest assured that the pretty bits routinely spawn more virile, muscular tangents. Nine-and-a-half minute opener “Last Day of Winter”—only the fourth longest track out of seven, if you can believe that—begins in typical Pelican death march fashion, but swallows a grenade two minutes in, imploding into a mess of unsettling squalls and tense tiptoe percussion before rebuilding into a second, much more ferocious gallop. That’s the weakest song on the album, people. “March to the Sea” is a judicious halving of the 20-minute title track from April’s sneak preview EP, lopping off the flute-bolstered outro dirge to highlight the first segment’s tempestuous, balls-out power drilling. “Autumn Into Summer” makes good on its title’s connotative bloom, and the untitled fourth track interlude is Zeppelinesque in the rare modern sense of that adjective that doesn’t totally ****ing suck.
As usual, axemen Laurent Lebec and Trevor de Brauw are the heroes, juxtaposing emotive, subtle acoustics with far more complex skronk; it’s amazing how much they’ve developed since the first EP, which almost anyone with a year of rock guitar under their belt could teach themselves. Their latest amalgamation lopes and crushes like a brontosaurus; just remember, brontosauruses are plant-eaters. —Andrew Bonazelli
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Re: decibel magazine.
Here's the cover art:
http://www.decibelmagazine.com
http://www.myspace.com/DecibelMagazine
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