Erica Rose (Appaloosa) and Marco Palumbo (Miscalculations) step into the macabre with this new collaboration. The overall tone of this album is shadowy, sharp and striking. It's the perfect blend of desolation and ferocity riding on a stream of melodic guitars and sure fire drum beats. Self Incrimination sounds like a lost late 70's or early 80's 4AD goth/post punk record. Even right down to the minimalist production which makes the songs on Recreation of an Empty Space drip with despair and savagery. Palumbo bellows out some great guitar riffs reminiscent of, but never poaching, Billy Duffy's in The Cult's Love or Wayne Hussey's in The Sisters of Mercy's First and Last and Always. Rose's vocals are remarkably haunting yet cut with a sense of anguish that's like an emotive mix of Nico and Siouxsie Sioux.
It is my opinion that a lot of bands, especially bands that are now playing dark rock music like this, make music that is way too heavily produced. Although at times it does lend itself well with some bands, but Recreation of an Empty Space showcases the benefits of a more scaled down, reverberant production. I wish more bands would employ the old "less is more" philosophy when recording music. It really adds an edge to rock n roll that is key to it's magnetism, an edge that it was born with.
Vinyl available from:
No Front Teeth Records
Cassette available from:
Tape or Die
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