{"id":11187,"date":"2020-03-16T05:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T05:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=11187"},"modified":"2020-03-09T16:06:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T16:06:00","slug":"dystophian-future-movies-inviolate-lasairfhiona-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=11187","title":{"rendered":"Dystophian Future\u00a0 Movies-‘Inviolate’ (Lasairfh\u00edona Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Just over two years ago, snowed in and listening to new sounds I had a link bounced over to me by Pity my Brain\u2019s main man Jamie Richards, that stopped me in my tracks, the LP was called Time the band was called Dystopian Future Movies. Looking into the background after duly ordering said LP I found that the band\u2019s mainstays were Bill Fisher & Caroline Cawley from the rather tasty Church of the Cosmic Skull (If you haven\u2019t discovered them yet I suggest you get a shift on!!).<\/p>\n

For this album Bill and Caroline are joined in the band, by Guitarist, Rafe Dunn and Bassist Oisin O\u2019Doherty. The rather stunning artwork comes from an image of an abandoned Tuberculosis Sanitorium in Caroline\u2019s native Ireland.<\/p>\n

Dark indeed and that’s where I want to start this review, opener \u201cCountenance\u201d<\/strong>, eases it\u2019s way out of the speakers, at times Intense, at times sparse, leading with a dark brooding sense of decay, Caroline\u2019s vocals adding an almost otherworldly ethereal feels. Being honest if you try and pitch a particular style of genre, you\u2019d be wrong! Taking a stab I\u2019d say post-Industrial at times? Highlighting a time in the future, where dark paths have been taken. There\u2019s an underlying dread, but maybe a sense of hope?<\/p>\n

Moving on next up \u201cwreckage\u201d<\/strong> draws you in, the discordant acoustic lead demanding attention before the vocals lift it up a gear you start to get the feel of a story being played out musically, the counterpoint vocals giving it a depth before we\u2019re drawn into an industrial-style framework, with Bills drumming starting to become incessant, demanding almost. Before we get lost in the wreckage we\u2019re moved forward into \u201cRules\u201d <\/strong>almost a taking stock of what\u2019s happening, vocally this is a powerful performance, the voice setting the tone for the at times sparse orchestration that eventually pulls you upwards and into the story unfolding. \u201cAll the Light\u201d <\/strong>is a coming to terms song what\u2019s come before and a movement away from where we\u2019ve been. Again the vocals lead over a discordant, sparse musical background drawing you indefinitely less is more giving this track both an intensity and fragility. This fragility comes to the fore within next track \u201cKathleen\u201d<\/strong>, a real stand out.<\/p>\n

Moving or easing forward into \u201cBlack cloaked\u201d <\/strong>and we\u2019re drawn back into a haunted past, unable to break free from what we\u2019ve experienced, this is a seriously good track and really pins you back, probably the most intense on the album, distorted, discordant and driving in equal measures. Before we\u2019ve come to terms with what we\u2019ve heard we come to a conclusion with \u201cTen years\u201d<\/strong> we\u2019re now the observer overseeing the whole, removed no longer part of the story.<\/p>\n

This is a seriously good LP, bursting with ideas, and me for one will look forward to seeing it translated into the live arena.<\/p>\n

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Author: Nev Brooks<\/p>\n