There are solely a handful of albums that may be really scary. “You Gained’t Get What You Need by Daughters” and “Swans To Be Variety” each instantly come to thoughts. However these data include…baggage. What I’ve Seen All I Have to See lacks within the eerie ambiance of To Be Variety or the pop menace of You Will not Get What You Need, it makes up for in unrelenting brutality. This is not the soundtrack of a slasher film, that is probably the most violent scene within the darkest horror film, rendered as blown drums and detuned guitars.
The album opens with a studying of Douglas Dunn’s “Kaleidoscope,” a poem about being trapped in a cycle of grief, with sparse drums thumping rhythmically with explosive noises and a bass metallic drone. “A Lament” begins spasmodically, struggling to take flight because it transitions into vocalist/guitarist Chip King’s distant shriek.
Good artwork is not essentially enjoyable artwork.
That units the tone for this file, which is much less a set of songs than a relentless monolith constructed to honor the ability of distortion. Now I am going to admit that I’ve Seen All I Have to See is not for everybody. It is largely atonal, permitting the tracks to mix into one another, and even when the drums decide up the tempo past a funeral dirge, the songs really feel heavy, as if the band try to dig their means out of a quagmire.
It isn’t with out its cathartic moments. Particularly, on “The Metropolis is Shelled,” King’s vocals turn into a goblin-like screech over thumping piano chords and explode into the backend, delivering one of many few moments of true melodicism (even when it is buried beneath a skyscraper of fuzz).
Though solely 38 minutes lengthy, “I’ve Seen All I Have to See” can really feel like an endurance train. However similar to a marathon, it doesn’t suggest it isn’t value enduring. There may be magnificence in that cruelty. It is haunting and cruel, like Carry Her Again, for instance. Good artwork is not essentially enjoyable artwork.
In the event you’re in search of a file that evokes a horror film vibe with out falling into camp. For one thing that does not simply really feel creepy, however really harmful and scary, The Physique’s I’ve Seen All I Have to See is what you are in search of. The file is accessible on Bandcamp and most streaming providers together with Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, YouTube Music, and Spotify.
