Despite signing to Combat Records and making a proper introduction to the world at large with "Minuteman For The Moment", there's still no pigeonholing Look What I Did. At one instant shredding out the unrestrained tech metal ala the Dillinger Escape Plan and the next sauntering into a jazzy pop diddy ala Tub Ring or heady Jane's Addiction-like progressive art rock, the listeners mind is guaranteed to be left reeling.
The sheer abrasiveness of the material is enough to give eardrum's a case of road rash as the band relish in musical schizophrenia. Decidedly heavier than before, there is much off-kilter auditory violence on hand here with ample dynamic play. That's not to say that the band just blend a screaming noisy blast with detached melancholy however. Instead it seems more intricate and developed, though some of the more disjointed turns do come off as mere shock value as a whole.
Not entirely a testosterone-laced boys club either, the band enlist the services of Aimee Echo of theSTART on "Zanzibar II: Sasha And Sebastian" for a disturbingly rigid album closer. Overall, utilizing off-timed pacing and entwining technically challenging parts seem to be the bands forte. But with the sheer amount of ambition displayed alone, this is entirely admirable.
Sure, not everything works and the unapologetic displays of self indulgence will turn quite a few away. But with numerous moments of genius routinely explored, there are twisted visions here that not even hallucinogenic's could provide. Albums both this musically proficient and chaotically assembled may be more common in this current climate, but one's that possess this much eagerness and lack of scene pretentiousness surely are not.
(3.5 / 5)
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