Friday 9 August 2013

Review - Primitive Man

Primitive Man
Scorn

So. Six tracks, nearly forty minutes - this album is kind of the opposite of what I've been reviewing lately. Primitive Man deal in long, punishing deluges of sludge. The title track goes on for nearly twelve minutes, and while that's the longest song on the album by a considerable margin, none of these songs are particularly short (with the exception of Black Smoke). These tracks are long and slow, built around enormous, crushing riffs that sound like some huge machine. Even when the band speed up, as on Stretched Thin, they ever rise above a standard rock tempo. In fact, it's those brief moments of speed that let this album down for me. Primitive Man sound best when they're playing a big, lumbering monster of a song - I get that they're trying to introduce variety to their music, but it just doesn't work for me. Another criticism is the length; this album just goes on for far too long. Almost all the songs could be cut back by a minute or more, and the unnecessary and annoying interlude Black Smoke should have been scrapped altogether. Primitive Man are clearly a very talented band, and I hope they do well in the future, but this is a deeply flawed album. It's still definitely good enough to be worth a listen, though - click on the lick above to hear it and judge for yourself.

Rating: 5/10

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