Xaddax Counterclockwork Good Vibes Tour A project that could easily

A project that could easily have collapsed under the weight of its own ambition is instead a late masterpiece

Darnielle seems to be saying that that chapter of his career has concluded: although the sound of the album does not return to the deliberately noisy lo-fi sound of early albums (see SWEDEN)

it sounded like the first true hard rock record for the CD generation

It helps that lead singer/songwriter Matthew Healy has a compelling tenor croon that can soar like Bono one minute and coo like Lionel Richie the next

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Xaddax Counterclockwork Good Vibes Tour A project that could easilyWorking with a mad scientist electroacoustic drum set up huge toms, no cymbals, various sample triggering pads and a foot controlled synth pedal Chrissy Rossettie pounds out lurching math disco rhythms, haloed in scuzzy sci fi FX. Nick Sakes (Dazzling Killmen) responds with perversely anthemic riffs and mantra like shouts, resulting in a kind of hot wired hardcore like Devo gone nastily dystopic venemous aggression combined with bold ingenuity.