tempobet yeni adresi

EN NL
like this digital review

08/12/2016 : THE PROGRAM - Path Of The Least Resistance

THE PROGRAM

Path Of The Least Resistance

MusicDigital


[65/100]   
08/12/2016, Paul PLEDGER

EN

Some twenty years ago, a young Leeds outfit called Pale Saints were causing minor palpitations amongst indie kids with their beautiful edgy pastoral releases via 4AD. After a handful of imaginative singles and even better E.P.s, the band called it a day in the mid '90s after nearly a decade.

Fast forward to 2015 and co-founders Chris Cooper and Graeme Naysmith, the engine-room of their former band, have regrouped as The Program and have been busying crafting an album of atmospheric post-rock that extends well beyond its genre's tight little boundaries. Path of Least Resistance starts in straight-forward fashion with Why?, a moody track with some feedback, a middle-Eastern air and some not-too-atypical Saints-like drumming, followed by the celestial Xmod, a track that 'out-Mogwais' Mogwai themselves.

Things begin to stretch out from Doppelganger onwards - a hypnotic psychedelic Floyd-like drug-rocker that recalls Eat Lights Become Lights in slumber - with samples, heavier riffs and out-and-out otherworldly euphoria with differentials - Lonar and Glissamb might at first sound vastly different, one being heads-down no-nonsense hair-swishing indie-rock, the other sounding like Steve Hillage on hookah, but they're cast from the same mould of intelligent space-rock.

Across an entire album, this could have imploded in the wrong hands - Cooper and Naysmith have ensured it hasn't by taking their time and aligning their like-minded work ethic triumphantly.

This review also appeared also on Flipside Reviews.

Paul PLEDGER
08/12/2016


NL

Zo'n twintig jaar geleden zorgden de Pale Saints met hun prachtige en hoekige pastorale releases op 4AD voor onrust bij de indiekinderen. Na een handvol fantasierijke singles en zelfs betere eps, hield de band het in het begin van de jaren negentig na bijna een decenium voor bekeken.

Fast forward naar 2015: mede-oprichters Chris Cooper en Graeme Naysmith, de machinekamer van hun vorige band, hebben zich gehergroepeerd als The Program en zijn druk bezig aan een album met atmosferische post-rock die zich uitstrekt tot ver voorbij de strakke grenzen van het genre. Path of Least Resistance begint op een strakke manier met Why?, een humeurige track met wat feedback, een Midden-Oostenluchtje en een aantal niet-te-atypische Saints-achtige drums, gevolgd door het hemelse Xmod, een track die mogwai-er klinkt dan Mogwai zelf.

Doppelganger is een hypnotiserende psychedelische Floyd-achtige drug-rocker die herinneringen oproept aan Eat Lights Become Lights, met samples, zware riffs en een gevoel van diepe buitenaardse euforie. Lonar en Glissamb zijn op het eerste gehoor van een andere soort, maar de eerste is zwiepende indierock, de andere klinkt als Steve Hillage op hookah, en ze zijn allebei gemaakt met dezelfde mal van intelligente space-rock.

Dit had fout kunnen gaan mocht het in de verkeerde handen terecht zijn gekomen, maar Cooper en Naysmith hebben hun tijd genomen en ervoor gezorgd dat hun ideeën perfect samenvloeien.

Deze recensie verscheen ook op  Flipside Reviews.

Paul PLEDGER
08/12/2016


Music reviews

10
01
THE MARS MODEL
Primal Urge
10
01
ELM
Penetrator
09
01
THE JUGGERNAUTS
Fear
09
01
DE DELVERS
Hart in neonlicht
20
12
TC75
5th
19
12
THE GODFATHERS
ALPHA BETA GAMMA DELTA (2022)

NEWSLETTER

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

NEWS

22
03
The Soul Walker | Celebrating The Sound Of The Late Scott Walker († March 22, 2019)
22
03
Today, exactly 34 years ago, Nine Inch Nails released their second single Head Like a Hole!
21
03
No-One Driving since 1980! John Foxx released his second 7' 43 years ago!
21
03
Bone Machine | 35 - Years Since The Pixies Surfer Rosa
20
03
Today it’s exactly 33 years ago that Nitzer Ebb released their third studio album Showtime!
19
03
Just One Fix | 3 Years Since Ministry Unleashed Sphinctour

Concert reviews

02
11
AKALOTZ - DREADFOOL - DELERITAS - WULF7
EBM NIGHT IN LIEGE...
05
07
EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN
40 Years Einsturzende Neubauten at Ancienne Belgique - Brussels - B (20+21.06.2022)
14
06
WULF7 + THE JUGGERNAUTS
11/06/2022 - LIVE AT THE BAROCK - BRUGGE
14
06
'N TALES, INTERZONE, GROUND NERO
At B52 Club Eeernegem
24
05
STAATSEINDE
Staatseinde live @Kinky Star - 14 mei 2022
13
05
WUK
A try-out that became a book...

GET A COPY OF OUR MAGAZINE
SEND TO YOUR HOME

INTERVIEWS

22
12
DERISION CULT
An Interview With Dave McAnally of Derision Cult
16
12
OK LION
I didn't convince Patrick Codenys to work with us, it was his idea!
30
11
THE JUGGERNAUTS
Let’s leave the love dramas and (fake) feel good theme to pop music and the brain dead Tik-Tok generation.
28
11
MONSTERGOD
With their most recent release “Ozymandias” Monstergod prove that dark sounds and poetry may go hand in hand to reach the effect that is both mesmerizing and dynamic in the most excellent hard-hitting way.
29
10
PSY'AVIAH
Wanting to have everything under control is problematic, as is wanting to have nothing under control.

PHOTOS

22
03
THE OTHER SUPPORT THE 69 EYES
Bochum Zeche
22
03
THE 69 EYES
Bochum Zeche
19
03
FIX8:SED8
Bahnhof Langendreer BOCHUM
19
03
SUICIDE COMMANDO
Bahnhof Langendreer BOCHUM
25
02
SUICIDE COMMANDO
International EBM day 2023
25
02
FIX8-SED8
International EBM day 2023
25
02
NO SLEEP BY THE MACHINE
International EBM day 2023

ADVERTISE
IN PEEK-A-BOO

VIDEO CLIPS

22
03
CORDE OBLIQUE
Suono su tela
21
03
B-52'S
Rock Lobster
20
03
HAUSCHKA
My Kids Live On Mars
19
03
IN SLAUGHTER NATIVES
Definition of Being Alive
18
03
DIE KRUPPS
Chinese Black Die Krupps feat. Jyrki69 (Official Music Video)
17
03
FOREVER STILL
Break The Glass
16
03
SCHONWALD
Fury