“Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness,
Thou foster-child of silence and slow time,
Sylvan historian, who canst thus express
A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme:
What leaf-fring’d legend haunts about thy shape
Of deities or mortals, or of both,
In Tempe or the dales of Arcady?
What men or gods are these? What maidens loth?
What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?
What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?“
Ode On A Grecian Urn [extract] – John Keats (1795 – 1821)
If Keats were alive today, it is unlikely he would revel in conjuring out the imagery contained in contemporary dishware. Sadly, our pallid Ikean pastel washes will never compare to the intricate tales that would unfold from a simple combination of glazed clay and paint. With this void of inspiration apparent, Keats and others like him would need to uncover a new muse. An inspirational outlet with a comparably contrasting combination of simplicity and intricacy. A source of endless joy to behold for all. For them, and for you, I would recommend Kieronononon.
Entitled Three Man Party, Kierononononon’s latest work is one of the greatest examples of post-modern auditory expressionism imaginable to contemporary mankind. Where the Ancient Greeks would use mere clay as their base, Kieronononononon lay down a backbeat to rattle the Parthenon. In place of the intricately painted strokes there are soaring guitar lines and the potter’s indistinct caricatures replaced by bowel-threatening sub frequencies. Where the Grecian urn would tell just one tale of amazement, Kierononononononon tell several.
Six, to be precise.
From the moment the disjointed percussion of opening track, …And You’re Not James Bond Either, coasts into the consciousness of the listener it is already clear that this work possesses a quality far surpassing that expected of ordinary musicians. As the sounds of the rest of the troupe roll in, a deep sense of euphoria can be felt as the voice of Goatboy enters your ears, gleefully stylised as if being re-broadcast from the halcyon fields themselves.
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Apparently I’m not allowed to write a proper review.
Anyway, the new EP is pretty good.
Decent production, well structured & whether you particularly like the music or not, it’s genuinely interesting to listen to.
If I was going to give it some kind of arbitrary rating so that you can judge it by my opinion then I’d give it some stars out of a few. There’s some trendy buzz words like mathcore or artrock that you might find useful if you rely on genre specifications to define your tastes, similarly there’s probably some comparison to established artists like Mike Patton & Mr. Bungle to be made if you’re too cautious of trying something new.
Whatever you might think from that, it’s worth the three quid they’re asking for the CD.
Check out the video to …Eventually He Did from the EP.
Three Man Party by Kieronononon
It’s only £3. You can get it at the Roxxor2 Shop by clicking right here.
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