Description
Onstage and over the course of several previous albums, Seattle thunder purveyors Kinski honed the art of staring MountSt. Helens in the mouth and spelunking for the explosive rock powers within--an experience that for the listener workedmuch more in the former setting than in the latter. On DOWNBELOW IT'S CHAOS the quartet keep that live power intact, but display a deeper understanding of translating the intensity to record. The results make for what is by far their bestrecord and a classic of heavy millennial neo-Kraut.
The eight songs offer newfound pleasures for Kinski fans: pop hooks, dynamics, and, perhaps most shockingly, vocals (see "Dayroom at Narita Int'l" and "Punching Goodbye Out Front"), while gentle interludes such as "Boy, Was I Mad" and "Plan, Steal, Drive" offer welcome quiet oases from the throbbing energy. Randall Dunn--Earth, Sunn O))), Boris--brings his adepthand to the production.