Defiance Web zine
Moev - Ventilation
When I listened to this album for the first time the first thing I thought about was the soundtrack to "The Crow", as in the film. It has that feel and sound to it, that refreshing sound from music that in my mind was truly great. It reminds me of Medicine, it has the bass of the violent femmes and it has that oh my god feeling to it. For me this is music I fell in love with but refreshed and full of life.
Now I'm not saying it sounds like something else, the reason I say the soundtrack to the Crow is because this album is so diverse, it has the chunky bass and industrial guitars. It has the hauntingly beautiful female vocals it has that what I guess I'd call 90's feel to it. "Halt" being a track that demonstrates this well. Then we have the slow number with "This is Our Life", another beautifully composed track. There's so many tracks i like on this album, "Knee Deep" "Reflux", "In My Wake", "I Bend" in fact sod it I like the whole album. I'm struggling to find fault with it on any level.
It covers a very wide spectrum of sound, it has mass appeal. This album will appeal to the Indie kids, the Cyber Goth, the Metal Heads and even this old school Grunger right here.
This really and truly is a masterpiece and i haven't been excited over an album in such a long long time. For 10 years out of the studio these guys have seriously done a fantastic job.
If there is one thing anyone who loves their music regardless of genre should do, is trust me and listen to this record and see why my mind was blown away.