The Beautiful Ones “Jaded Love” Album Review
Out of Mesa, Arizona a mosh pit can be seen starting from outer space thanks to The Beautiful Ones dishing out killer riffs with DIY energy. They combine ferocious breakdowns with grimy sludge metal to create vivacious and chaotic music. Jaded Love is their new album being distributed today (April 21st) via 6131 Records.
Tracklist
1. Jaded
2. Preface (Take It Away)
3. Exhale (Room 312)
4. Transcend
5. The Morning
?6. Flowercrown
7. Lovers Stomp
8. Bloom & Destroy
9. Stay
10. Heart In A Jar
11. Nothing. Existing. Missing.
It is always a plus when a band can get the listener up and moving just from the pure vigor being put into a track. ‘Transcend’ may start out groovy and slow, but by the middle the guitar builds up on a quick paced palm muted riff before exploding into a new direction for the song. As the progression carries on the band comes to half time to draw out more of a two step beatdown while ending the song. The call to mosh is embedded in the music, get up off your feet.
The Beautiful Ones can create harmony and dynamics too, like the opening of the album ‘Jaded’ which sets up a contrast to the next few songs to follow. ‘The Morning’ is a beautiful ballad sung by the illustrious Britty Drake (Pity Sex). Most of the times on the album where the band slow down the chords and notes are eerie, seeming not to fit together. This is evident on ‘Bloom & Destroy’ which sounds like a power metal bit. Regardless, ‘The Morning’ is a nice track to grab some fresh air before the rest of album thrashes about like ‘Flowercrown’ does in a heavy and grotesque way.
To put it simply, this album is not very complex. Never does the songwriting dive into more complex areas than a banging riff with matching drums. Tempo changes and dynamic changes happen often, like ‘Heart In A Jar’ towards the albums latter end. Closing number ‘Nothing. Existing. Missing” doesn’t offer as destructive as an end as I was first anticipating. The dark riffs do their part, but the very slow breakdown at the end feels like ‘This Love’ by Pantera, not something no one has heard or felt before.
About the Author
Denise Borders 39, Los Angeles. Denise founded PWV in 2008 and remains the primary manager and photographer/videographer. She is not secretly obsessed with Joey Cape.
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