If York Redoubt’s main vision was to make noise, they’ve succeeded.
But there’s more than just noise here: heavy distortion and feedback
play into a math-rock, post-punk aesthetic. Recorded partly in an
abandoned schoolhouse, warping floorboards and haunted basements seem
completely in line with the music. Arty, weighty but still accessible,
the different elements of the record balance each other out nicely,
from the pop of “I Said Slightly” to the frantic guitars of “Division,”
with heavy blasts of noise shoved in everywhere for good measure.
Expect the quasi-haunting sound to be found in your local record store
and coffee shop haunts.
I Said Slightly – York Redoubt
This article appears in Sep 10-16, 2009.