Crimes
- The Blood Brothers
- Band Name: The Blood Brothers
- Record Label: V2
- Release Date: Oct 12, 2004
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With Crimes, the Bloods have built the sturdiest bridge between the hardcore underground and indie-rock elitists. [Nov 2004, p.144]
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91Savage punk rock that shifts and shakes like the bleachers during a homecoming orgy. [Jan 2005, p.98]
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90But the use of the twin-pronged vocal attack as an instrument in its own right is never relied upon to be the sole weapon in Blood Brothers' arsenal. Intelligence is mirrored in the deployment of the music behind it.
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It's got something for everyone, providing everyone is at least a little fucked in the head.
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Despite it being a massive departure from their previous efforts, there is almost nothing to dislike about Crimes.
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Crimes is guilty of nothing save exhibiting the sound of a band that clearly isn't finished evolving.
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It's full-on rock carnage. [6 Nov 2004, p.59]
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80Crimes is the latest in an evolution that has seen the band complicate their sound without losing any of the confrontational nature or acerbic tone of their previous efforts.
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80They rant and roil through aggressive blasts of adrenaline and youth... like their nads are on fire. [Jan/Feb 2005, p.94]
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Crimes keeps a tight lid on the nervous energy that's always defined the group, channeling it into aggressive songs that often suggest the damaged, exciting grooves of vintage Brainiac.
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80Crimes is nothing but poetry, poetry in that way that song lyrics never are, profound both on page and in song.
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80Ultimately, the Brothers' forays into new styles and a slower pace equal something like a more listenable, more thoughtful, more cohesive version of Burn.
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While most of the songs on Crimes stand out as being extremely well written musically and lyrically, the production needs an extra mention for being flawless.
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80Their most musically adventurous yet artistically grounded record to date.
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In terms of a go-to disc for a pissed off stomp around the bedroom, it's the finest album I've heard this year.
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75I actually find it kind of funny that the group has managed to land on a large label with this release, because even though it's a bit more polished sounding than anything they've done before, I simply can't imagine anything on "Crimes" playing on anything other than college radio.
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75Yes, the Brothers still overuse lyrical gore the way the Evil Dead series did Kero syrup, but their sonic pace and intensity has somewhat slowed.
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70An album meant to enrage, amuse and enliven.
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Burn Piano Island, Burn was something approaching a masterpiece and Crimes doesn't live up to its lofty standard.
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70Strangely compelling. [Nov 2004, p.129]
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The best production values a major-label budget can buy make everything on Crimes as clear as a bell, which helps. This clarity elevates what could have easily been a sonic muddle into an album that bears repeat listenings.
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RhysS9pure genius. unfiltered mayhem. the greatest band you have never heard of.
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BrandonM1
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Andy9Amazing. Like nothing you'll ever hear.