le bomje - Warehouse (2014)
Warehouse
seems to be the first release from le bomje (yes, all lower-case), a
crew from Kazakhstan who are fully capable of churning out some nasty
sludge, as they demonstrate here. The album consists of half an
hour's worth of low-tone madness packed into three long tracks, and
from the opening squeal of the notes in “Welder”, they establish
their style with clear and grimy intent.
The
music is free from vocals, allowing the reverb on the strings
and the big sound of the drums fill your speakers. It also lets the
songs flow easily from one track into the next, so that if you're not
being attentive, the change-over from “Welder” into “El
Tetragon” (or from there into “Submarine”) can slip right by
you, right up to the point at which they slam in their new main riff.
The
band deserves credit for taking the slow tempos, the near-drone
insistence of the bass, the absence of vocals, and the down-right
repellent sound of sludge at its most potent, and stitching it all
together into something compelling. If you're looking for something
with a tune that will end up stuck in your head so that you can hum
along, look elsewhere. What le bomje have poured into this album is
stuff that calls for its listeners to surrender to the heavy waves. If you can handle the weight, though, you'll find an impressively
confident and capable debut. While it's bad form to predict a band's
future, I can't really imagine this group turning out anything done by
half-measures, and with this big of a start, they're already well on
their way.
~
Gabriel
For
Fans Of; Major Kong, Sunn O))), Bongripper, Skullflower, Ladybird
~
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