ITRASH REVIEW FULL

In the here and now, Trash Boat have made the album they wanted and needed to make. Some moments don't explode as well as others, but these are made in the pursuit of ambition, and the refinement of knowing whatвЂ™s essential and what isnвЂ™t comes with greater experience.

ITRASH REVIEW FULL

True, Cannibal, despite its feral title, is more of nibbler than full on flesh-eater, but closer Maladaptive Daydreaming is straight out of the Linkin Park playbook вЂ“ dynamic, driving, utterly irresistible. Vertigo shares the title-trackвЂ™s mix of the boisterous tinged with the slightly bizarre, while Idios is like three tracks for the price of one, all of them excellent and catchy as hell. ItвЂ™s probably a good thing, then, that at this point weвЂ™re teetering into the albumвЂ™s latter half, which is the one fans havenвЂ™t heard ahead of release вЂ“ and sports many of the highlights. And then thereвЂ™s Love Without Needing, which interrupts the flow of things, sounding distractingly close to Ed SheeranвЂ™s Shape Of You. Bad Entertainment is similarly energetic, with Wargasm singer Milkie Way clearly understanding the brief, delivering a biting guest appearance that ignites its latter half. Silence Is Golden sounds like it was designed by a year 2000 algorithm, combining Britpop swagger thanks to goading delivery and confrontational lyrics (вЂ Better watch your mouth or IвЂ™ll knock you outвЂ™), before giving way to a down-tuned breakdown thatвЂ™s pure nu-metal bliss. ItвЂ™s certainly not an isolated case here. вЂњItвЂ™s the first time IвЂ™ve felt that our music has mass appeal,вЂќ vocalist Tobi Duncan said of the title track during Trash BoatвЂ™s K! cover interview. The sound of two sensibilities convening, itвЂ™s big and bold even when conveying vulnerability, yet in a wonky guitar line that builds beautifully but not obviously itвЂ™s infused with a weirdness that suggests Trash Boat want success on their own terms. It also encapsulates the best of what this album has to offer. The opening title-track, as youвЂ™re likely already aware, is a juggernaut that was written in a day but will linger in the memory infinitely longer.

Itrash review