{"id":88127,"date":"2019-08-21T15:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=88127"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:25:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:25:40","slug":"review-meth-mother-of-red-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-meth-mother-of-red-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Meth. \u2013 Mother Of Red Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-88129\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Meth-mother-of-the-red-light-cover-compressor-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Meth-mother-of-the-red-light-cover-compressor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Meth-mother-of-the-red-light-cover-compressor-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Meth-mother-of-the-red-light-cover-compressor-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Meth-mother-of-the-red-light-cover-compressor-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Meth-mother-of-the-red-light-cover-compressor-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Meth-mother-of-the-red-light-cover-compressor-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Meth-mother-of-the-red-light-cover-compressor-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Experimental mathcore band <strong>Meth.<\/strong> are the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Seb Alvare. Following two vicious EPs, they&#8217;ve now expanded to a six-piece. Their sound is hard to define. Blasts of mathcore and throat-shredding screams are their calling card, but they also revel in contrast and disquiet. Debut album \u2018<em>Mother Of Red Ligh<\/em>t\u2019 is a study in discomfort, devastation and so much more. Brace yourself.<\/p>\n<p>The band\u2019s first EP mixed anguished howls, breakneck drumming and guitars being tortured. It sounded like The Armed crammed into 30-second chunks. The follow-up played with feedback and howls, more like Old Man Gloom distilled into three-minute bursts. Both sounds are present here, but integrated into longer-form songs. Resulting in songs such as \u2018<em>Swallowed Conscience<\/em>\u2019 which combines a sharp stabbing intro and terrifying sawing feedback with unsettling beautiful passages. Of course, the band repeatedly leap on you from unexpected directions, it\u2019s like they have truly found their verve.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"METH. - HER WOMB LAYS STILL (OFFICIAL VIDEO)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N4YMI8-kg_s?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>At its most intense, \u2018<em>Child Of God<\/em>\u2019 takes dizzying guitars and wraps a monolithic riff in a swirl of discord. It sounds absolutely massive and delights in finding new ways to rip your ears off. \u00a0However, the album\u2019s real highlights mix severity with serenity. The sauntering atmosphere of \u2018<em>Psalm of Life<\/em>\u2019 create a sea of calmness, so tribal drumming and barking vocals can prickle the hairs on your neck. Similarly, the unsettling detuned effect used on \u2018<em>Cold Prayers<\/em>\u2019 sets up the mood only to snap at you like a mathcore bear trap.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all the kicking and screaming vying for your attention, it doesn\u2019t always pay off.\u00a0 Some songs drift and ideas are mangled. The desire to be edgy also leads to a tepid start. Notably \u2018<em>Fill Me<\/em>\u2019 builds up atmosphere only to throw away its momentum with jarring shifts.<\/p>\n<p>Stunning, punishing and relaxing, often all at once, \u2018<em>Mother Of Red Light<\/em>\u2019 sees <strong>Meth.<\/strong> bottle pure emotional turmoil. It\u2019s experimental, frequently uncomfortable and noisy as hell, but there\u2019s strange beauty amongst the chaos.<\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Mother Of Red Light<\/em>\u2019 by <strong>Meth.<\/strong> is released on 23th August on <strong>Prosthetic Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meth.<\/strong> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/methnoise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meth_band\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/meth.band\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/methil.bandcamp.com\/releases\" 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;Stunning, punishing and relaxing, often all at once\u2026 there\u2019s strange beauty amongst the chaos&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":88129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,15621,17441,17442,3610],"class_list":["post-88127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-ian-kenworthy","tag-meth","tag-mother-of-red-light","tag-prosthetic-records"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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