The sum of impressions of «resonance»
I am not very good about the concept of double albums. This is an extremely rare and strange thing. There were three such albums in my life until recently. The first were the albums of the Metallica «Load» and «Reload» group. It’s not extremely difficult to call them the best, but just good albums, especially after a strong Black album. (But this should be given a separate essay or just refer to the corresponding chapters of Joel Macairer’s book)
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Then there was a double album of «Stadium Arcadium» Red Hot Chili Peppers group. He was good, but if the best songs were selected from his two discs and connected to one album, and did not compose double, it would be much better.
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Then there was the third representative, the double album «House of Gold & Bones» of the Stone Sour group. And what I want to say, it was cool, it was a really new level for the group, she finally found her image in the eyes of the audience. But the example of the Metallica group still sits too tightly in my head and I shudder every time with the phrase «double album».
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This also happened at the beginning of this year, when I learned about the new album of the SPLIN “Resonance” group, which was also supposed to consist of two parts. Not that I doubted the group, but, experience is the son of difficult mistakes, as they say. The first part came out in March, the second a few days ago. This break allowed to comprehend, love and remember the songs well, as well as prepare for a new portion of sensations. And then we will talk immediately about both parts of the album.
So, this album does not turn over the idea of the group, does not open a new milestone in the musical industry, does not rape your brain, does not turn your perception and does not sweep a hurricane according to your logic, blowing everything in its way, but it is a damn thing, good! It has perhaps there is everything that allocates a group among others on the Russian scene.
There is a depth of texts that have been inherent for a long time for a long time, where everyone can find something special for himself, someone can think, and someone to observe a beautiful syllable (although, I must admit, the group sometimes quotes itself, most likely specially, but the first time you are surprised to hear a familiar verse).
The sound is not heavy and very diverse. Not to say that the sound rides right, but the album is not a monotonous. Damn the line between calm, speed and diversity.
There are experiments with sound, for example, “Song on one chord”, which sounds damn cool and diverse! Yes, the guitar party really consists of one chord, but in combination with other instruments it sounds very cool. There are «oil» and «chess» with a certain coating of severity and many more interesting inventions, which are better to know about yourself.
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The album is held again by the cliches created by the group itself, there are complete metaphors of the song, there are songs, songs, thoughts, songs that evoke bright sadness, songs with romantic subtext and all this cocktail pours into the ears of the audience.
And most importantly, all the promotion did without something … dirty. What our stage loves – this particular group has been avoiding for many years and this album is no exception.
So what I would like to say. An album for group fans, there is, if not everything, then a lot that they love this group for. This is not the album with which it is worth starting acquaintance with the group, in which case it may seem too sharp and strange. But if you have been listening to Spleen for several years, then you will definitely find something your own in this album. And perhaps we can say that this is a fairly successful example of a double album. They really are two halves of the whole, not like yin and yang, that is, the opposite to each other, but it is precisely something that becomes intact, only together. Yes, the splin is not the same. But, what should be understood by the «that» splin? It is too diverse and multifaceted in order to come to a consensus.