Released: 2nd April 2012
Label: Desert
Island Five Records
Genre: Math Rock/Post-Punk
Brand New
Skinny Ghost, Meet Your Brand New Angel Monster is the lengthy album title from
the debut of Canadian one man project Captain of the Swedish Team AKA Aaron Corbett.
It is nearly an instrumental album full of heavy, loud guitar riffs and
crashing drums which is to be expected after reading the above genres, but it
is occasionally accompanied with certain parts of a recorded rant by Corbett’s
roommate. This was released off of Corbett’s very own independent record label
Desert Island Five, and check out its website here.
As I said
earlier, Brand New Skinny Ghost… is one hell of a loud listen. The volume
behind the recording of these parts (all played by Aaron Corbett) was certainly
cranked all the way to eleven, and fortunately the production quality is top
notch, meaning there’s no hint of crackling or microphones on their last legs,
or that my laptop speakers are about to die. Sweet.
For an
instrumental album, this does not become predictable or boring or anything
negative. It is continually creative with guitar riffs and structures, and it
becomes a really exciting listen. The spoken word rant from the roommate also
manages to fit in with the tracks, almost as if they were intended for the
song, which is brilliant foresight from Corbett.
It’s a great album from
start to end and with the choice of paying whatever the hell you want for it,
it’s a very good bargain. I cannot wait to see how Captain of the Swedish Team
progresses, and how Desert Island Five does too. Stream Brand New Skinny Ghost,
Meet Your Brand New Angel Monster in its entirety above if you haven't already, and enjoy.
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ReplyDeleteI was going to reply saying how much I agreed with you aroloff, but that would make me look like a weirdo. But yeh, I do agree, this is definitely an exciting dose of instrumental music that's extremely easy to get into.
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