Always Wrong is a mantra of severity. Wolf Eyes has been scouring
audiences across the globe with their acid drenched industrial noise
and dub terror psychedelia, establishing themselves as the trailblazers
of a genre and pioneers of the long-form noise tour. Coming forth from
the piles of tape loops and effects, the bulk of tables reeling with
electronics have been shed. This clarity never sacrifices intensity as
paradoxically this is the most organic of the full lengths but also the
harshest and most dissonant. Read More...
Always Wrong is a mantra of severity. Wolf Eyes has been scouring
audiences across the globe with their acid drenched industrial noise
and dub terror psychedelia, establishing themselves as the trailblazers
of a genre and pioneers of the long-form noise tour. Coming forth from
the piles of tape loops and effects, the bulk of tables reeling with
electronics have been shed. This clarity never sacrifices intensity as
paradoxically this is the most organic of the full lengths but also the
harshest and most dissonant.
Opening track “Cellar” immediately sets the pace of barraged edits and
percussive electronics as startling vocals spit from the dry throat and
remain unfiltered for the first time breathing a clear litany of
scorn. a new voice is rising and it isn’t happy. throughout the album
non-electronic beats created from live drums replace programming while
colliding tape loops and junk metal bring new unstable rhythm like a
house with erroding foundation. “Living Stone” shows a more natural
state of acoustic composition highlighting the despondent subtle
plucking of controlled guitar improvisation that could come from
natures ghost. forging ahead in “We All Hate You” loud tonal horns and
architectuarly placed electronics. however their aesthetic core of
pummeling hasn’t been abandoned as the aggressive “Broken Order” takes
hold with shrill feedback fueling industrial cannon blasts of white hot
noise that burn the body from the neck down. an eerie harmonica driven
death march straight out of “once upon a time in the west” cries on the
closing track ‘droll/cut the dog’
Immediately it is clear that Wolf Eyes have crafted a statement with
maturity that stands at the top of their mysterious discography. Always
Wrong is a denial against conformity and the triumph of walking a path
alone. Young, Olson, Connelly
