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Aug 16, 2016It's doubtful Sweatbox Dynasty will make it into anyone's regular rotation, but Fec has no doubt carved himself out a cozy little corner of difficult trash music, and a visit now and then is worth the effort.
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Aug 12, 2016Overflowing with gnarled pop melodies and stuttering beats, Sweatbox Dynasty may be decidedly askew, but the manipulations and distortions simply add character to what is in fact a very listenable album.
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Aug 17, 2016Closer “Let’s Get Worn Away” manages to be more anchored with its sonic goals, able to shift through six or seven different phases to make it clear that Fec is aiming for a collage-like final product. Elsewhere though, Sweatbox Dynasty is mostly just composed of individual pieces of a collage, a mashup, a pastiche, whatever you want to call it.
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Aug 5, 2016You need big dollops of generosity to accept that the numerous one-to-two-minute tracks here are anything more than sketches, but even if you’re willing, the likes of Wipeth Out and Dimensional Hum are still ugly--and worst of all, conservatively so.