Bloody Knives-Burn It All Down-CDR-FLAC-2010-SHGZ

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   * Shoegaze * Indie * Post-Rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Psych-Rock * Ethereal *
         ARTIST..: Bloody Knives
         ALBUM...: Burn It All Down
         GENRE...: Indie
         STYLE...: Shoegaze, Noise Pop, Alternative, Ambient
         STYLE...: Electro, Electropunk 8-bit, Industrial
         YEAR....: 2010
         LABEL...: Killredrocket
         COUNTRY.: USA
         PLACE...: Austin, TX
         ENCODER.: FLAC 1.3.1 -8 -V
         BITRATE.: 981 kbps avg
         QUALITY.: 44.1kHz / 2 channels
         SOURCE..: CDR
         TRACKS..: 11
         SIZE....: 245.54 MB
         URL..: http://www.facebook.com/thebloodyknives
         - TRACKLIST
   1   Tell Me I'm Wrong                       2:43
   2   Close                                   3:15
   3   You Know You Will                       3:05
   4   No One Else                             3:31
   5   No One Hears                            3:32
   6   Hands Around My Neck                    2:58
   7   Set Me On Fire                          2:50
   8   There Was                               3:15
   9   Slow It Down                            2:47
   10  I Saw The Ghost That Follows You        3:52
   11  Alone In Your Eyes                      3:13
                                     Total Playtime: 35:01
   NOTICE: This is the 2010 1st edition with 16 page photocopied art book. The
   packaging was only the CDR within the homemade art book. The cover on their
   bandcamp page can be misleading as it is not the actual cover of the album,
   but rather, a photo collage made up of various elements that can be found
   back in the art book.
   Originally released by Killredrocketrecords in Austin, TX on June 29th, 2010.
   (see artbook10.jpg)
   https://bloodyknives.bandcamp.com/album/burn-it-all-down
   The 2012 2nd edition reprint included the original art book plus updated
   cover and CD art.
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   When The Sun Hits Blog - 14 September 2010
   Artist: Bloody Knives
   Album Title: Burn It All Down
   Label: Killredrocket Records
   Release Date: June 29, 2010
   Bloody Knives is Preston Maddox and Jake McCown (both of whom were founding
   members of the psychedelic/shoegaze act The Joy Bus), and the band is based
   in Austin, Texas. Built on a foundation of psychedelia, punk, metal,
   shoegaze, and electronica, their music is a rollercoaster ride of amazing
   soundscapes and various neuroses not meant for the faint of heart. The band
   has one previous release, the excellent Bloody Knives EP (released in October
   2009) and Burn It All Down is the band's first full length release. I tend to
   gravitate toward darker gaze, with gripping beats that could soundtrack a
   heart pumping chase through a back alley, and Bloody Knives certainly deliver
   in that capacity. With a name like "Bloody Knives", and an album called Burn
   It All Down, let's just jump right into the arson and sado-masochism, shall
   we? With this new full length, Bloody Knives take us for a trip into the
   darker, more dangerous side of gaze. Let's do this thing.
   The album opens with "Tell Me I'm Wrong", an explosive electronic maelstrom
   that's both catchy and sinister. The lyrics consist of scorned realizations
   like: "Gave it away/gave it to you/and now it's gone/tell me I'm wrong" set
   against a backdrop of electronic programming that would be right at home in a
   horror-imbued video game. This first track certainly sets the tone for the
   rest of the album. Let's go further down the rabbit hole, shall we?
   The album really starts to hit its stride by track three, "You Know You
   Will". Equal parts punk and electro, with an almost industrial edge to it,
   these guys aren't fucking around. They mean business. This track has so much
   attitude and energy, one almost needs to sit down. Or better yet, one needs
   to hop in the car and speed down a dark highway. An army of pissed off robots
   couldn't hope to make a racket this awesome. Nightmarish lyrics like: "Coming
   closer in/where you can't resist...you know you will" are delivered in an
   almost languid way amid the violent whirlpool of sounds, and the
   juxtaposition works so well. Despite the ever-growing bedlam, the shoegaze
   undercurrent still runs through it, some blurry sort of ambience that is
   buried deep but always there, and I think that's what I love so much about
   Bloody Knives. The craftsmanship is truly impeccable.
   Track 5, "No One Hears", slows things down just a bit, and carries with it a
   sort of disquiet that is nothing short of unsettling, with a gloriously loud
   cascade of guitar noise and cold synth lines that certainly drive home the
   lyric "Your silent scream/no one hears" and also perfectly sets the stage for
   the next track, "Hands Around My Neck".
   This is the halfway point of the album, and where things take an even darker
   turn. When a chorus is comprised of: "And now I've got my hand around your
   neck/and now I've got my hand around your throat/and now you've got your
   hands around my neck/and now you've got your hands around my throat", you
   know things are in full throttle turmoil. To some, this may sound off
   putting, but paired with the unbelievable soundscape, a pandemonium of
   electronic programming and distorted guitar, it works. Bloody Knives isn't
   afraid to lay it all on the table. This is art, and in art, there are no
   rules, no reason for propriety or for being politically correct - it's all
   about painting an honest picture about the human condition. Love and violence
   are often fevered bed mates; we all know it, even if we don't want to say it.
   This isn't the condoning of violence; it's simple honesty about human
   feelings. We don't have to do the dark things we feel, but we shouldn't
   ignore the fact that we feel them. That would be ignoring human nature, which
   is something we should all seek to understand.
   Track 7, "Set Me On Fire", is 2:50 of controlled chaos, distorted guitar,
   heart pounding beats and a chorus of "Set me on fire/set me on fire"
   delivered again in that dreamy, almost detached way that works so well with
   the energy of the song. In fact, there isn't a track on the album that is
   longer than 3:52, another reason why these songs work so well. They are
   short, frigid blades forged in flames, and considering the subject matter,
   this approach works perfectly. One doesn't get bogged down in anything before
   moving on to the next whirlwind.
   The album is quite narrative in nature: things are brought to light, pain and
   anger are explored, and then things start to come full circle with the last
   two tracks. It's not ALL chaos and self-destruction! The second to last
   track, "I Saw The Ghost That Follows You", is full on doom gaze, slowing
   things way down in comparison to it's preceding tracks. Eerie and grim, this
   track is a real stand out, and focuses more on the pain of someone else
   rather than the pain of the self, which, to me, means some sort of
   understanding of a situation is occurring. "I saw the ghost that follows
   you/watches everything you do/waiting for the right time to kill you/to pull
   the knife across your neck" is undoubtedly creepy, sure, but it's obviously a
   metaphorical stab at understanding someone else's pain, and an explanation of
   how two people can get into heated situations because of their own demons. A
   gorgeously unsettling track.
   The closer, "Alone In Your Eyes", truly does bring the album full circle. Not
   exactly upbeat, but much moreso than the rest of the album, there is a
   glimmer of hope here, and of closure. This track would also be the closest
   the band gets to pure shoegaze; the energy is still there, but there is a
   true dreamy quality to this one, and a complete lack of the former angst and
   violence many of the other tracks carry. Well played, Bloody Knives. Well
   played, indeed.
   Bloody Knives may not be for everyone. The themes the band explores are dark,
   the sounds are at times almost unbearably wrought with pain and anger, but if
   you are up for the trip, I highly recommend that you take it. There is
   catharsis in it, and something to be learned, and these are both things I
   look for in any worthwhile journey. Plus, there's the whole thing where they
   sound, for lack of a better term, bad ass. The compositions are simple, but
   precise and effective. The knives may be bloody, but you'll be in the hands
   of excellent surgeons. I'm very impressed with this band, and I look forward
   to seeing where they go from here.
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   Bio:
   Bloody Knives is an industrial shoegaze group based in Austin, Texas
   consisting of Preston Maddox (bass, voice, keyboards, samples, programming),
   Jake McCown (Drums, noise, programming, art), Jack Harris (Guitar) Martin
   McCreadie (Keyboards) and Ritchard Napierkowski (Keyboards).
   The band combines the sounds of heavy punk and industrial with blurry ambient
   electronics, shoegaze atmospherics, and 8-bit glitches and melodies. They
   have toured extensively throughout the country, sharing the stage with bands
   such as The Faint, The Sword, A Place to Bury Strangers, Krill, Pile,
   Cocksure, Deathstarr, Ume and Dead Leaf Echo.
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                                 Shoegaze
                    is a genre of alternative rock that
              originated in  the late 80s. The genre is very
    difficult to define, and it is even more difficult to evaluate music
           within it. Generally, the genre is characterized by its
                shimmering vocals, reverberating guitars, and
                       textural distortion that create
                            a tranquil, opaque
                                 feeling.
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