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| 1. | Erode
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| 2. | The Tide
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| 3. | From The Hill
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| 4. | A Sun That Never Sets
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| 5. | Falling Unknown
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| 6. | From Where Its Roots Run
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| 7. | Crawl Back In
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| 8. | Watchfire
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| 9. | Resound
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| 10. | Stones From The Sky
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Neurosis' "A Sun That Never Sets" DVD is a groundbreaking advancement in the world of independent music. Ranging from eclectic visual art pieces to thematic music videos for the widely acclaimed album of the same name, this project re-introduces Neurosis' visual edge in an entirely new light.
With six pieces directed and produced by Neurosis' visual artist Josh Graham, "A Sun That Never Sets" also features directorial contributions from other renowned filmmakers and video artists including Chad Rullman.
After fifteen years of undeniably accomplished fusion between sonically divergent music and methodically hypnotic visuals, this optical encounter unites the energy of the band's music with their focused lyrical concepts, bringing the entire Neurosis experience to the life in a way that has not been seen before now..
Also included in the continued spirit of Neurosis' alter ego, "Tribes of Neurot", is a related seventy minute experimental audio/visual project only available on this DVD.
Extras:
"Tribes Of Neurot" a related seventy minute experimental audio/visual project
"Two separate 71 minute, 10 track programs. Menus come up unlabeled; hit one of your arrow buttons to see the choices.
Part 1, "The Sun That Never Sleeps", is the studio album, with ambitious, slick visuals that some would label (sorry) gothic. The visuals are too representational and distracting, with flashy & flickery events (damn your influence, MTV) ruining the sedate parts for me, especially on the first few tracks. What we got here's a rock video. Although the music has elements I approve, it rarely works overall. I'm reminded of Swans -- more tuneful than early Swans, more piledriver percussion than late Swans, often more rocking, but lacking a compelling vocalist to rescue the pretentious lyrics. (For inexpensive comparison's sake, I'll list the first Hair & Skin Trading Co album "Jo In Nine G Hell" as a successful album with this formula, even tho Neurosis play better, compose grander, and get deeper engineering.)
Some of this (title track, closer) would work nice under tremendous sound pressure and poisonous blood alcohol levels (I won't be trying this). It just doesn't bear close examination. I'm sure it's a gas live tho - when I start making money again I hope to attend one of this band's concerts.
Part 2, "A Resonant Sun" (unique to this DVD, no CD issue), is a deliberately degraded recording (a la Alvin Lucier's "I Am Sitting In A Room") of The Sun That Never Sleeps, mostly just a low bass throb with unintelligible ringing midrange tones and (on the first few tracks) distant sounds of a band where you can make out cymbals and little else. The visuals were quickly improvised, oscilloscope plus stock video effects, mostly non-representational. A total throwaway, should be "ambient" at best, and more likely an outright bore, but actually I like it plenty. I bet Neurosis do too, but figured their fans wouldn't know what to make of it, so they stuck it on the B-side, so to speak.
Seekers of heavy rock perdition might find "A Resonant Sun" a little slight; avant guardists might find it familiar and unchallenging; acid trippers will freak badly. Me I blew off "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" to watch this, no regrets. I'll put it on again some day soon."
Ed Stokes |
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