Gods and Queens' latest untitled effort comes to us from Italian label Sons of Vesta, and sees the band unloading six more title-less tracks (one of which is an awesome cover of Quicksand's "Head to Wall") in just under 16 minutes. Overall I'd say this material is very comparable to their debut, just with slightly shorter songs, so expect a moody fusion of indie/noise rock interspersed with guitar textures that some would probably characterize as "shoegaze", and maybe even a little "emo" in the melody department (and I mean no offense there). It's also entirely possible that many, including the band, might say I'm completely full of shit and off the mark there, who knows? I know I'm not familiar with a lot of the influences these guys are building from, but... I really like what they do, and that's what it sounds like to my ears. The natural warmth of the recording accentuates the pulsing rhythms of the lightly fuzzed basslines and dry percussion, the subtle textures and intricacies of the angular riffing, and the way vocals are mixed right in alongside the instruments, and you can't complain about any of that. Once again I look forward to hearing more. Check 'em out for yourself and make your own assessment...
The vinyl's limited to just 500 copies, so act fast if that's your chosen format...
Get It
Gods and Queens (12")
Sons of Vesta (12")
Robotic Empire (12")
Amazon.com (mp3)
eMusic (mp3)
iTunes (mp3)
If you support the band/label with a digital purchase, you won't get the Quicksand cover. However, the EP's also available as a free download, so you can always score the added track that way:
[DOWNLOAD] Gods and Queens "Untitled 2" (Sons of Vesta)
[DOWNLOAD] Gods and Queens "Untitled 2" (Gods and Queens)
Comments
Awesome. “Untitled 12” is 1:22 of sheer perfection, that shit needs to run at least twice as long. Good call on the vocals: not too in front… Just right, fighting their way through along with the instruments. Dude has a great voice too. Awesome choice of the cover track, fits right in. So how ‘bout simply calling it - “post-hardcore”?
Nice little gem, thanks for the heads-up.
7.27.2010 | By Chris
Kind of shocking that this is coming from an ex-member of Turmoil and Lickgoldensky.
7.27.2010 | By hostagecalm
It’s kind of strange that if you support the band/label with a purchase, you get less than downloading the record for free.
7.27.2010 | By Invisible Oranges
Invisible Oranges what do you mean?
7.28.2010 | By jg
I think he means that if you download the Mediafire links, then you’re getting the Quicksand cover. If you buy the digital download, you don’t get it.
7.29.2010 | By hostagecalm
I imagine it’s a pain to get cover songs distributed through massive digital outlets like iTunes, Amazon, etc. unless you’re on a label that’s big enough to deal with all the legal red tape that’s probably associated with that stuff (or unless you have the balls not to care, ha, ha). I’ve encountered a handful of albums on eMusic and such in the past that have had cover songs omitted.
7.29.2010 | By Andrew Aversionline
yeah we can’t sell the quicksand song. so it’s free. quit complaining!
7.29.2010 | By jg
Even Solomon Grundy know can support band buying album and downloadem free album both! No sweats for any of armpit.
7.29.2010 | By Solomon Grundy
Getz is the fucking man.
7.30.2010 | By Jack
this is really really good
7.31.2010 | By m