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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is powerful stuff. Firstly, no one sounds like Jesu. They have the most original, distinctive, gorgeous sound which you truly get lost in. All the songs sound similar when they start, but after a few listens take on a life of their own.
Four very slow, very long songs with just THE most beautiful delayed, understated vocals which echo dreamily over the heaviest, saddest metal riffs you may ever hear. Crucially - and this really is the key to Justin Broadrick's godliness as a songwriter - every song takes its time to build up, either by taking a different direction halfway through or just by piling on the extra layers of guitars and organ-esque keyboards, until the hairs on your neck are standing to the attention. Jesu don't just knock out tracks, they take you on a journey, and everything they produce seems to ultimately be an uplifting experience.
Buy this album and your ears, your mind, nay, your very SOUL will thank you forever.
Four very slow, very long songs with just THE most beautiful delayed, understated vocals which echo dreamily over the heaviest, saddest metal riffs you may ever hear. Crucially - and this really is the key to Justin Broadrick's godliness as a songwriter - every song takes its time to build up, either by taking a different direction halfway through or just by piling on the extra layers of guitars and organ-esque keyboards, until the hairs on your neck are standing to the attention. Jesu don't just knock out tracks, they take you on a journey, and everything they produce seems to ultimately be an uplifting experience.
Buy this album and your ears, your mind, nay, your very SOUL will thank you forever.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Justin Broadrick returns with his third release under the Jesu moniker, following the previous self-titled full length, also on Hydra Head. Once again, this resembles a more melodic, though still crushingly heavy, counterpoint to latter period Godflesh, with something of the dreamy, drifting ambience of 90s shoegazing - My Bloody Valentine, Loop, even a hint or two of poppier stuff like Ride and Chapterhouse. Ex-Swans man Ted Parsons provides live drums on the first track, whilst the rest feature nicely assimilated drum programming, sounding very natural in this electronically enhanced context, losing some of the rigid, militant industrial/martial type rhythms that characterised much of Broadrick's earlier work.
This is a pleasingly diverse EP, finding time for beautiful vocoder-enhanced vocals (Mr.Broadrick's clean vocals sounding better than ever here, it must be noted), filthy distorted synths, sky-sweeping melodies and, heaven forbid, even a fast song (well, fast in places...)! If there is a criticism to be made of this record, it comes with 'Wolves', the third track, which seems to rather blatantly recycle a riff from the 'Heart Ache' EP. But what the hell, when you have a back catalogue as rich and varied as Justin Broadrick, the odd bit of self-referential riffery can be forgiven. Apparently, this record was inspired by the countryside around Broadrick's home on the English/Welsh borders, and is, in the words of the man himself, "perfect for drifting off and smoking too much dope to". 'Monolithic' seems to sum it up. Great stuff...
This is a pleasingly diverse EP, finding time for beautiful vocoder-enhanced vocals (Mr.Broadrick's clean vocals sounding better than ever here, it must be noted), filthy distorted synths, sky-sweeping melodies and, heaven forbid, even a fast song (well, fast in places...)! If there is a criticism to be made of this record, it comes with 'Wolves', the third track, which seems to rather blatantly recycle a riff from the 'Heart Ache' EP. But what the hell, when you have a back catalogue as rich and varied as Justin Broadrick, the odd bit of self-referential riffery can be forgiven. Apparently, this record was inspired by the countryside around Broadrick's home on the English/Welsh borders, and is, in the words of the man himself, "perfect for drifting off and smoking too much dope to". 'Monolithic' seems to sum it up. Great stuff...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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firstly, i wuld like to draw your attention to the Japanese version of this release with 2 extra tracks.
An amazing remix of Silver, and the original mix of Wolves, which are both stunning, available from: [...]
The suprise shocker on this ep is Star. Although i have rated this ep 5stars, this track does let it down for me as its a bit too happy and upbeat, and lets face it, you dont listen to Jesu to feel happy and jump around. But in general the crushing bass drones and sonic ambient assault coupled with Justin's melodic vocals make Jesu one of my all time favourite bands after Godflesh. And long may he reign.
An amazing remix of Silver, and the original mix of Wolves, which are both stunning, available from: [...]
The suprise shocker on this ep is Star. Although i have rated this ep 5stars, this track does let it down for me as its a bit too happy and upbeat, and lets face it, you dont listen to Jesu to feel happy and jump around. But in general the crushing bass drones and sonic ambient assault coupled with Justin's melodic vocals make Jesu one of my all time favourite bands after Godflesh. And long may he reign.
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wow
this is seriously mind blowing stuff as usual from jesu. melodic and ambient but heavy as f..k at the same time.
lost for words. just excellent
lost for words. just excellent
Published on 27 Oct 2007 by James Basham
Silver's just another gold...
The third Jesu release the four track `Silver' mini-album is a typically hypnotic mix of electronic soundscapes and crushing guitars (with the guitar tone here being so heavy any... Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2006 by Jane Aland
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