2011. 180gm heavyweight vinyl
Absolute II es la última entrega de la trilogía llamada Thank Your Parents que comprende los discos Preteen Weaponry y Rated O, discos con parámetros kraut-rock donde predominan los ritmos fuertes y las texturas complejas que caracterizan a Oneida, y que en este álbum son exploradas con un voltaje más controlado, por así decirlo, este trabajo se postula como un colofón oscuro, una sorpresa, que ninguno de los fanáticos de Oneida se hubiera esperado, el disco consta de cuatro largas composiciones caracterizadas por un ambiente denso y ruidoso, que no es ciertamente recomendable para los oídos de los devotos del pop, son solo cuantro piezas donde ningún cambio es reversible, en las que amplian su visión psicodélica que se percibe casi en cámara lenta, con una voz que se va diluyendo en formas menos orgánicas y parece ser al fin de cuentas un efecto más.
El minimalismo y la decadencia se hacen más patentes que nunca y se fusionan de una manera perfecta para sumergirnos en las profundidades del terror. Esto es Absolute II de Oneida. (via
TheBurros)
Absolute II is the final piece in Oneida’s Thank Your Parents triptych of releases, begun in 2008 with Preteen Weaponry and followed by 2009’s acclaimed triple disc Rated O. With this release, the Brooklyn group concludes a challenging and profound long-term project. The Thank Your Parents triptych, totaling around 200 minutes, is intended to be listened to as a whole or in its component parts. Absolute II stands on its own, in addition to serving as a chapter in an immense whole.
The music on Absolute II is startling, rigorous and demanding. Oneida is a band that has been strongly identified with the frenetic, fluid drumming of Kid Millions and the relentless pulse of classic Krautrock, but this release contains neither audible drums nor identifiable “rock” music. The recordings move freely across accepted boundaries of rhythm, harmony, and tonality – not in the form of dramatic, willful experiment, but as a musical distillation of several themes that have emerged in the wake of Rated O’s dynamism: paralysis, entropy, stasis, possibility, and finality among them.
While Oneida is known for unpredictability and sui generis musical forms, this release is particularly resistant to categorization, and it remains difficult to identify precise influences on the music contained here. This is particularly unhelpful, we realize; suggestions and recommendations for updating this info would be welcome, as the band themselves don’t really know or are being recalcitrant.
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