{"id":19182,"date":"2014-09-03T09:37:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T09:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-code-orange-i-am-king\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:08:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:08:44","slug":"album-review-code-orange-i-am-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-code-orange-i-am-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Code Orange – I Am King"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"With \u2018I Am King\u2019<\/em>, Code Orange<\/strong> have released an absolutely devastating collection. In equal parts gorgeous soundscape and sheer terror, this is an album that far surpasses the hype surrounding it. So massive is the project that it\u2019s difficult to pare it down and talk about constituent parts \u2013 the entire album is an unrelenting experience, beginning with the title track\u2019s ungodly intro and then never letting up.<\/p>\n

Of course there are sections, such as the monstrous \u2018Thinners of the Heard\u2019<\/em>, which cut through with enough sheer ruin to distract the reverie. But these moments stand only as further confirmation of \u2018I Am King\u2019’<\/em>s power. Rarely does an album so breathtakingly brutal also take that same breath with its artistry. \u2018Unclean Spirit\u2019 <\/em>is two minutes of pure discordant perfection and the winding haunt of \u2018Alone In A Room\u2019<\/em> unstoppable. The previously released \u2018Dreams of Inertia\u2019, <\/em>a stylistic standout, is slower and somehow more atmospheric than the rest, but is a heightening of the atmosphere Code Orange<\/strong> so skillfully develop across the wasteland of this record.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2018Mercy<\/em>\u2019, the closing number, is disconcerting on a new level, switching from suspense building subtleties, through crushing heaviness and a hairs-on-your-neck interlude, before tearing once more into a final display of ravenous might. With it, \u2018I Am King\u2019 <\/em>comes full circle, fading out into the same despicable tremors that launched the title track in the opening.<\/p>\n

Code Orange<\/strong> is a band with an almost literal cult following. When that aspect of their being first began to emerge I liked the band, but I wasn\u2019t sure I understood. With the release of the phenomenal \u2018I Am King\u2019<\/em> I can only offer myself in dedication. This record demands attention and it deserves as many listens as it can conceivably be given. At this point I\u2019ve had it on a continuous loop for so much of the last few days that I can feel it in my bones \u2013 and my bones want more. Phenomenal.<\/p>\n

5\/5<\/p>\n

‘I Am King’<\/em> by Code Orange<\/strong> is out now on Deathwish, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Code Orange<\/strong> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Tumblr<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Thomas Knott (@thislifeishuge<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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