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Incredible
how in these times of free flowing information it can still be
so hard to dig up relevant facts regarding some artists.
Navigate towards this band’s MySpace page and you’ll get a brief
glimpse at their artwork, place of origin (Chicago) and a
handful of somewhat blurry live shots from the band. But the
record label’s site doesn’t mention anything factual. Besides
the names of a few bands as reference and some vague mumbo jumbo
about…stuff, there is a price attached to a new copy of this EP
and that’s it. The tag reads $5.99, which is about $1.20 for
each of the five cuts included in Rusher, which sounds
about right.
Among the
bands included in the press bit at the label’s site Pantera is
mentioned. Frankly, I don’t hear much of that. But there are so
many extreme sub genres that stole characteristical bits from
those Texans is almost impossible to refute the influence they
may or may not have on Slow Horse (which by the way is a
fantastic moniker). EyeHateGod is also thrown in the pot. I can
hear that. Rusher has more fast parts in its brief
seveneteen minutes than EyeHateGod packed in their whole output
but the nasty sludge plays a large role here.
Rage Against
the Machine are also mentioned there and though they may be
amongst Slow Horse’s fave bands their influence is null. It must
have been pushed away by the hardcore presence. Yes,
Converge...I hear that in many places. Though Slow Horse’s is
far less dynamic and more acerbic stoner rock oriented. This is
solid music. Some bits are very powerful and what is not it
still flows and is hard enough to keep the friends of nice at
bay.
Rusher’s
got a bite and a kick, and the hectic changes into frenetism on
“The Most Prestigious” are a peculiar highlight. Nice touches
abound in each song. On “Hello Kittie” the vocals are totally
drowned. I doubt this was done on purpose. It sure sounds like a
mistake. Structurally, it also sounds like an old song and by
that I mean it places Slow Horse inside another subgenre bracket
and doesn’t follow the parameters f the previous three cuts. I
really like what I am hearing in this band. There is boiling
potential here.
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