While I
fully realize that I should have some clever introduction to this cassette
about wizards and their lying ways, all I can really say is that every time I
read this title I think it says “The Ninth Doctor” and curse those who I know
that are fans of the show “Doctor Who”.
What
begins with beats and tings kicks into distorted guitars and can become pretty
rocking. It has this almost –gaze feel
to it, but there are also moments of quiet.
We also journey into a western
sort of feel, with boots stomping and dark strings. In that way, it does remind me a little bit
of Murder by Death but only a little bit.
As it grows slightly dreamy like carousel FNL, it quickly switches full
throttle into an almost hardcore/mewithoutYou pattern that is just flat out
rocking. The distortion comes back and
brings out the darker qualities of Marilyn Manson or Nine Inch Nails (You know,
back in their day). Side A concludes
with rather sharp feedback.
On the
flip side, we have this sort of instrumental version of the Nirvana song “Aneurysm”
and I want to note that this cassette is reminding me of the new Wreck of the Hesperus
cassette on Fort Evil Fruit but I realize I haven’t written that review quite
yet (By the time this gets posted though, who knows, you might already be
reading it) As Side B slows down and
becomes ambient as it did on Side A, some psychedelic keys can be heard and
then it just goes full on post rock with such a great build.
I often
tell stories of bands that claim to be the defining example of good post rock,
and I’m not saying that is true for Wizards Tell Lies but I’m saying that this
is still better than those bands that I tend to question and then consequently
get kicked off of the Deep Elm mailing list.
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