Sometimes
two different artists can just gel so well that they can convince you that
their split is perhaps not a split at all.
As easy as it might be to distinguish Present and CT Assaults from each
other because their vocalists are of opposite gender, it is just as easy to
think of them as perhaps the same artist and that is not at all a bad thing, as
they have the same underlying rock qualities.
The Present
side of this has a mixture of distorted spoken word vocals, as if they are
being said through a megaphone, and there those weird experimental moments of
shrieking feedback and crazy guitar notes.
It is a little bit of psychedlia like maybe The Doors even, though the
intricate complexities in the notes could also suggest Primus. Obviously one of my first comparisons for
the megaphone vocals sound goes to Stone Temple Pilots, but it also just on the
whole reminds me of this band called Blue Meanies who were closer to a ska-punk
than Present but still had that same idea of “Ladies and gentlemen, come one
come all and see the show tonight”.
On the
flip side of things we have CT Assaults- and my mind always goes to Connecticut
with CT because it’s where I’ve spent most of my life, sadly- and though they
start with a synth and string sound that is somewhere between Rush and Darth
Vader, they carry on in a style that is musically similar to that of Deerhoof
or possibly even Why?. There are some
woodwind instruments being played here as well, and I want to say clarinet but
I might be wrong. I am definite that
there is a violin though, and that does help it to also have a bit of melody.
Not
only could I see Present and CT Assault sharing the same stage, I could see
someone as a fan of both and not just one because they both just bring out what
is best in the world of rock and being weird. Perhaps it is only fitting that such an
experience should be on cassette, and not just because I prefer all of my music
on this medium.
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