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Album Review: The Locust ‘The Peel Sessions’
The Peel Sessions is one of the best things that can happen to a band or artist. John Peel recorded and captured some of the best moments in music. This moment is definitely rare and one to be proud of, I give you my review of The Locust’s Peel Session from almost 10 years ago.
Read past the break for my review!
To me there is not one band out there that sounds like The Locust. They have managed to combine punk, hardcore, power violence, grind core and death metal, just to name a few genres, into a blender filled with knives. This session was recorded on August 19, 2001 and was caught during their time in between labels. At the time a few of the songs wouldn’t appear on record until the release of their 2003 album “Plague Soundscapes”.
A majority of this set comes from their self-titled EP as well as their self-titled LP and “Flight Of The Wounded Locust”. Songs such as “Twenty-Three Full-Time Cowboys” and “Kill Roger Hedgecock” are featured on the album but honestly it’s hard to point out just a few songs when they deliver such a harsh and brutal set. The whole session clocks in just under 17 minutes, which if you’re familiar with The Locust this comes as no surprise.
The Locust, along with their fans will tell you to get the full effect of their music one must go see them live. On stage they don’t have the standard drummer behind the band set up. Instead they have a single line formation going across the stage, almost like a military line. It’s definitely a sight not too mention they never miss a beat. I must say this session is a perfect representation of how intense The Locust are live and is definitely worth picking up.
Now I wouldn’t recommend this for a first time listener but give them a shot then check this live act out ’cause it really is incredible. As of now the album is available on vinyl and mp3 download. Now I made the mistake of purchasing the vinyl and then buying the mp3s via iTunes. Just a heads up you do get a digital download card of the album with the purchase of the vinyl. But I don’t regret it, they’re worth the cash.
5 out of 5 skulls.
It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.
Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.
Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.
“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.
“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”
You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…
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