AOB: CD of the (mid)week

¡Forward Russia! - Life Processes

I IMAGINE that Give me a Wall, the first album by ¡Forward Russia!, must have been a reviewers nightmare.

The band eschewed the convention of actually giving the tracks names, instead choosing to assign them different numbers.

I’m therefore relieved to report that for the follow up, Life Processes, they have caved into tradition and named all eleven songs.

And pretty decent songs they are too. Guitars swirl, drums crash, and singer Tom Woodhead wails like a supercharged banshee with a migraine.

We are Grey Matter and Gravity and Heat both exemplify the albums grandiose nature, while the slow burning final track Spanish Triangles is a more serene experience.

There are echoes of Muse and Radiohead throughout the album, and if ¡Forward Russia! continue to produce work of such quality, they may well go on to emulate the success of these two bands. 4/5.

Top Tune: Gravity and Heat

U's Blog Rating: 4/5