Tomahawk - Anonymous (Dig)
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Free Music Notes for Anonymous (Dig)
Free Music Review: Pretty Good
Hit: 3 Stars
I love Patton, love Tomahawk's first two albums, and I'm probably incredibly biased and partial to giving anything Patton does a strong review.
Anonymous doesn't deserve five stars. It falls flat here and there. But when it works, it WORKS. Ghost Dance and Crow Dance are hair- raisingly powerful. War Song is pretty solid, and I love Sun Dance- probably the most linear and old- Tomahawk- sounding track here.
I imagine if you're a Patton fan, you're probably a pretty adventurous listener with a broad taste in music, and you'll more than likely enjoy this album. But if you're a strict metalhead looking for variations of Rape This Day and God Hates A Coward, you might want to sample some tracks and see where you're at.
Free Music Review: Eh
Hit: 3 Stars
I was able to enjoy this album for what it is--"Red Fox" and "Crow Dance" stand above the crowd as the strongest and most successful pieces--but I think it could have benefitted greatly from a bit more research and possibly an outside producer who was personally familiar with the source material. Too much of it comes off as jokey, which I don't think was the intention, but who knows. A Ulali guest spot would have been awesome, too. Not all the indians are dead and nameless, boys.
I should add that the packaging designer and the print shop who handled the case both did an amazing job. Ipecac definitely has some very good people in the graphics department.
Free Music Review: Not sure...
Hit: 3 Stars
Too electric which I thought took away from the soul of the songs. I thought the compositions of the songs were awesome, but they did have more of a Fantomas feel them. On top of that I wish Mike would have incorporated some authentic Native American instruments in a few of the songs. A few of these songs unplugged would have been a nice twist and a bit of a solute. Overall it was not a typical "surprise around every corner and make me queasy" cut that you would normally expect from this crew of talent.Free Music Review: More than a little disappointed
Hit: 2 Stars
I know what I'm getting into with most Ipecac releases and Patton related performances in particular. The latest Tomahawk album for all my expectation was something completely different than its predecessors, which is not necessarily a bad thing in itself. However when I buy a Tomahawk album, I purchase it for the rock-like sensibilities of these veterans. I can certainly appreciate the concept of this album, however it's such a departure from the terrain of the first two, which I enjoyed tremendously, that I am left feeling a little duped.
Without launching into a Patton love letter like some, I will admit I am a pretty solid fan of the guy's work. Although I am admittedly left feeling after this latest effort like the band, surprisingly early in it's recorded tenure, have already begun to venture to a place that I am not interested in going. I don't mind listening to something different, a little more free form, avant garde even. But this has never been one of the reasons I listened to Tomahawk. The band's last album, "Mit Gas" sounded like a group who was finally gelling, getting comfortable and exploring some gutsy rock grooves with Patton's trademark charismatic vocals. This came hot on the heels of the creative, yet raw, energetic sounding debut "Tomahawk". While listening to this latest album I actually thought some of the moments sound a little cringe-worthy which is mostly attributed to Patton's, almost silly at times, vocals.
The concept, as I mentioned before, is itself interesting. The core of my letdown is that I just didn't get what I was looking for on this one.
Free Music Review: getting kind of ridiculous
Hit: 2 Stars
I've been interested in much of Mike Patton's work since discovering Mr. Bungle years ago. I own every Bungle, Faith No More, Fantomas, and Tomahawk album. My favorite of his projects is definitely Fantomas, which is one of his most experimental, though it is tasteful and usually subtle.
My problem with this album is that Patton seems to be becoming a parody of himself. Tomahawk was never his project. Denison had started a rock band and Patton approached him about releasing it through Ipecac. Denison only asked him to provide vocals last minute. All the music had been previously written. The second album had a similar feel to the first one, with it's southwestern feeling peyote-warped hard rock sound. With Anonymous, it seems as if if Mike Patton has completely taken artistic control into his own hands, and made another Fantomas record. It doesn't feel natural to me, and I'm starting to really think of Patton as an egomaniac control freak. He did the same thing with Faith No More (see the gradual change from hard rock to complete genre hopping avant-garde). I am a big fan of experimental music, but this seems like one member has performed a coup and taken control of a band that 3 other guys started. I used to think Patton was a creative genius, but I now think he's a little childish in his constant struggle for attention. The only reason I gave this meandering, dull album 3 stars is because of the authentic Native American sounds and songs used and because it is an original concept (as far as I know).
I think I'm going to listen to some Secret Chiefs 3 now.