Devils In My Details
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Performer: OhGrEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-11-04
Music Label: SPV Recordings
Soundtracks:
- Shhh
- Eyecandy
- three
- feelin chicken
- pepper
- d.angel
- psychoreal
- whitevan
- timebomb
- smogharp
- witness
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Free Music Review: They're Killing Us With Bacon...
Hit: 5 Stars
The cover of Ohgr's latest album consists of an ornate white filigree, composed of what appear to be small budding flowers, set against a black background. In close proximity, one's eye is so entranced by the complexity and intricacy of the design that one almost completely forgets that the filigree forms the face of a cackling demon which is thrown into sharp relief by the black background. The devil is not just 'in' the details then. The devil 'is' the details.
It strikes me that this artwork is a perfect metaphor for the entire album as a whole, which, to these ears, appears to be an exploration of the idea that civilizations in thrall to early 21st century laissez-faire western capitalism have become to enraptured with the details and fripperies of society and consumption that they've managed to completely overlook the fact that the whole shebang is teetering on the brink of climatic, economic and spiritual devastation.
In it's entirety, the album paints such a claustrophobic and bitterly humourous sense of displaced paranoia, disquiet, dissatisfaction and confusion that one can't help but be drawn in by the seductiveness of it's singular vision.
Musically, in direct opposition to Ohgr's two preceding albums, Welt and Sunnypsyop (the latter still being one of my favourite album titles of all time), it favours a densely packed soundscape of thundering beats, kettle drums, ambient darkness, toy shop synthesisers, chicken clucks and sound-bites of exploitation film favourite, Bill Moseley, reciting some quite frankly stunning 'beat' poetry - "Killing me with Bacon", The soliloquy that opens the gloriously demented "Feelin' Chicken", is a personal favourite, largely because it manages to encapsulate, in under one minute, the sense of frustration experienced by modern man at the singular failure of modern society to live up to it's promises of liberty, inclusion and success with more clarity than most high-brow literature has managed to achieve in the last thirty years.
Lyrically, Nivek Ogre delivers yet another stunning and deeply sarcastic stream-of-consciousness broadside at the vagaries of life that have earned his ire, sometimes as himself, sometimes, it would appear, by adopting personas - listening to the previously mentioned "Feelin' Chicken" is almost like eavesdropping on the crisis of faith of a middle-aged adept of Martha Stewart who has finally realised that all the knitted sweaters, bake sales and Oprah specials in the universe are not going to save a world that metaphorically reeks of sugar-free frosting and dog excrement.
Will you enjoy this album?
Well, if mainstream oriented airplay is your thing, then probably not.
If, however, you, like I, enjoy listening to challenging, conceptual music which has something serious to say about the state of the world, then I recommend that you give it a listen. After all, enjoying music is essentially an act of empathy and in listening to this you may experience no small amount of catharsis when you realise that the devils that plague Ohgr's details are also the devils that plague yours.
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Devil In My Details is the third solo collaboration between Ogre, lead singer and front man of legendary experimental rock band Skinny Puppy and Mark Walk. Together they have created a journey of epic proportions... Lush textures and soundscapes collide with crashing beats and twisted melodies to make up this Industrial tour de force. Can you sense the stink of fear?Alternative Rock Music CDs
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