(2016) K-X-P - III Part 2
Review:
Formed from the darkest matter, the Finnish trio’s latest completes a cycle that began with last year’s III (Part One). Stark, ominous, unrelenting, it’s a vision of the other side as viewed from the shadows. On a starless night. While wearing shades. The Fast Show‘s Johnnny Nice Painter (“Black!”) would invert his world view in an instant were he ever to be confronted by its unremitting bleakness.
Hearing the band describe its genesis – Part 2 was recorded on an island near Helsinki reached only by boat across chill, murky waters – makes the journey across the Styx sound like punting on the Cam. And K-X-P enter their own underworld with nary a nod to the ferry man. There’s a point during Transuranic Heavy Elements where the bludgeoning beats pause and something (Guitars? You? The earth?) begins to howl, and you think: This is probably not for everyone.
Tracklist:
01 Winner.flac
02 Freeway.flac
03 To Believe.flac
04 Sub Goblin.flac
05 Siren.flac
06 Air Burial.flac
07 Transuranic Heavy Elements.flac
Summary:
Country: Finland
Genre: post-rock
Media Report:
Source : CD
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : ~ 785-903 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
