{"id":84246,"date":"2019-06-19T14:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=84246"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:26:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:26:48","slug":"review-the-st-pierre-snake-invasion-caprice-enchante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-the-st-pierre-snake-invasion-caprice-enchante\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The St. Pierre Snake Invasion &#8211; Caprice Enchant\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-84318\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/The-St.-Pierre-Snake-Invasion-Caprice-Enchante\u0301-compressor-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/The-St.-Pierre-Snake-Invasion-Caprice-Enchante\u0301-compressor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/The-St.-Pierre-Snake-Invasion-Caprice-Enchante\u0301-compressor-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/The-St.-Pierre-Snake-Invasion-Caprice-Enchante\u0301-compressor-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/The-St.-Pierre-Snake-Invasion-Caprice-Enchante\u0301-compressor-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/The-St.-Pierre-Snake-Invasion-Caprice-Enchante\u0301-compressor-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/The-St.-Pierre-Snake-Invasion-Caprice-Enchante\u0301-compressor-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/The-St.-Pierre-Snake-Invasion-Caprice-Enchante\u0301-compressor.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Fantastic name aside, <strong>The St. Pierre Snake Invasion<\/strong> have a lot going for them. Armed with a unique sound, their 2015 debut was a promising blast of noise-rock wearing knuckledusters, that never did what you expected. After endless delays, new album \u2018<em>Caprice Enchant\u00e9\u2019<\/em> is finally here! Having fought to be heard, it\u2019s light on its feet and punches above its weight.<\/p>\n<p>Opening out like a snarling dog the band go directly for the throat. You\u2019re getting riffs, but they\u2019ve pushed away the direct sound. \u2018<em>Casanovacaine<\/em>\u2019 proves they can craft fast and fun songs, if they want to. However, for the most part they\u2019re restlessly exploring. Songs like \u2018<em>Remystery<\/em>\u2019 are built around space. The guitars sit back giving Sam James space to thrash his drums, only to come stabbing back in the most effective way. Elsewhere the angry screeches and riffs take centre stage, but never smother the details.<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, when they shift gear on \u2018<em>The Idiot\u2019s Guide To Music<\/em>\u2019 or the gentle \u2018<em>It Gave A Lovely Light<\/em>\u2019, it\u2019s consistently interesting and well-executed. You\u2019ll also be able to hear similarities to Future Of The Left, with whom the band share common ground. \u00a0Similarly, Damien Sayell\u2019s vocals are abrasive and brimming with smart witty lyrics. He spends a lot of time yelling, yet he smuggles in plenty of melody, it\u2019s quite a trick.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The St Pierre Snake Invasion - Casanovacaine\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kcEPYawLHlc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Producer Sean Genockey\u2019s busy schedule caused delays, but was worth waiting for. The sound batters you from every imaginable angle, pushing all the separate elements to create a jigsaw of pieces that, amazingly, slot together. Especially on \u2018<em>Carroll A. Deering<\/em>\u2019, which dumps a dustbin full of ideas and yet somehow works. You suspect they\u2019ve been taking lessons from The Chariot. Not least when it randomly erupts into humming, then almost beats you to death with an unexpected riff.<\/p>\n<p>Challenging and noisy as hell \u2018<em>Caprice Enchant\u00e9\u2019<\/em> is a brilliant street-fight of sleaze and cynicism. It\u2019ll leave you bruised and battered but it\u2019s not all brawn and that\u2019s its strength.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Caprice Enchant\u00e9<\/em>\u2019 by <strong>The St. Pierre Snake Invasion<\/strong> is released on 21st June.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The St. Pierre Snake Invasion<\/strong> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thestpierresnakeinvasion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSPSI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thestpierresnakeinvasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tspsi.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Ian Kenworthy (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhisperingSand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WhisperingSand<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Challenging and noisy as hell \u2018Caprice Enchant\u00e9\u2019 is a brilliant street-fight of sleaze and cynicism&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":84318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,17201,15621,616],"class_list":["post-84246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-caprice-enchante","tag-ian-kenworthy","tag-the-st-pierre-snake-invasion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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