Constants
Constants aus Boston, US
Constants sind Epos, eine Wall of Sound. Melodien, die sich jedweder Kategorisierung entziehen und im Einklang mit der Musik eine ganz eigenes Bild entstehen lassen. Boston hat einige große Bands hervorgebracht. Converge zum einen, Isis zum anderen. Nun die Constants. Postrock heißt das Gütesiegel. Mit Vocals. Genauer gesagt, harmonischen Vocals. Mehr A-Ha denn Oh-Je. Die Constants werden polarisieren, soviel steht fest. Hier sitzt jeder Ton, jede Note, nichts wirkt deplaziert. Weniger Pathos wie Dredg, mehr Gefühl wie Isis, die Constants könnten verbindend wirken. Werden sie. Müssen sie.
English summary:
On Constants’ forthcoming album “If Tomorrow The War”, these shoegazers turned indie-metal pioneers have further evolved their already genre bending style and truly come into their own. Produced by Jesu / Godflesh mastermind Justin K. Broadrick, basic tracks for the album were recorded at guitarist / vocalist Will Benoit’s burgeoning Solar Powered recording studio (Radar Studios), where he — along with bassist Orion Wainer and drummer Rob Motes— has fine-tuned his band’s distinct energy and youthful ambition into a signature sound that is Constants and Constants alone. The new record features Mike Hill (Tombs) and Andrew Neufeld (Comeback Kid, Sights & Sounds) and is the follow up Constants’ 2009 critically acclaimed full-length “The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension”.
“It’s so hard to put a unique stamp on the post-rock genre in 2009…Constants know[that] all that’s left is to create a terrific record and not give a damn what other band it may or may not sound like. …[This is the] charm and the strength of Constants… Power and beauty. Thick bass grooves and razor-sharp riffs. It’s not the nouns or adjectives that matter. It’s the path and the journey.” – Punknews.org
