The Redneck Manifesto
"I Am Brazil" CD
Trust Me I'm a Thief
Genre: math rock, instrumental
rock
TMIAT
31 Oxmantown Rd
Stoneybatter
D7
Ireland
May 2006 |
Irish instrumental math-rock is not something I'm particularly
experienced in, but I think I can manage. The Redneck Manifesto
is comprised of five guys and what sounds like about ten thousand
guitars in complexity, making a racket not far from the
Ahleuchatistas and Pattern Is Movement movement that's
picking up so much good press. You either like it or you don't give a
shit it seems, so that should be a pretty fair indication of whether
you'll dig TRM. Unlike a few of their scenemates, these folks seem to
operate both in slow and fast mode; you get heady rockers like "Break
Your Fingers Laughing" and "Paint the Dilebloa Pink", but they're also
evened out by more contemplative "I Am Brazil" and "Hibernation
Statement." Then you get complete offshoots like "Who Knows?," an
atmospheric play upon some sort of Japanese sound sample. The skills
of the players are important here, as much of this music's success
lies in the technical ability behind it all, but a certain melodic
attention is paid duly. One thing I must say about this disc is that
it doesn't really capture my fascination too strongly in the long-run,
but it takes some pretty mean math-rock to hold me down for long. Good
work regardless, folks.
80%
Fun Fact: "The Redneck
Manifesto" is also the name of a book by Jim Goad which argues that
issues of sexism and racism stem from a greater class conflict at the
bottom of it all.
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 11 tracks, distributed by
the label, released 2005] |
