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Side A
Leather Couch (4:11)
Mind Decay (2:06)
Death Town (4:47)
Weak (2:44)
The Last Men (5:25)
Side B
Let Off Steam (2:51)
Dusk Latitudes (2:09)
Suburban Anarchists Building A
Better Tomorrow (2:24)
Sleep Of Fools (7:17)
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Krause is the late unwanted
child that sprung from the loins of the Athenian
underground. As any child of such fate, at the end
of 2015 they amassed their collective contempt for this
world and gave it back to it with their debut LP “2AM
THOUGHTS”, that is to be released as a collaboration
between Riot Season (for EU & the world) and 3 Shades
of Black (for Greece) in late January ’17. “2AM
THOUGHTS” will also be presented in its entirety soon
after its release in a very weird night with equally
esteemed guests.
Even though the band are
veterans of various scenes and genres, with active and
past members of VULNUS, Cut off, Rita Mosss, Casual Nun,
Progress of Inhumanity, Dusteroid and Straighthate, Krause
was formed with the intention of playing 90s-inspired
aggressive and dirty noise rock in the vein of AmRep bands
like Unsane, Helmet, Today is the Day, Cherubs and more,
something that none of them had done before but have long
been huge fans of.
As members of other bands,
they have shared the stage with bands like Cursed, Burst,
Knut, Stamping Ground, Bong, Drunk in Hell, Consumer
Electronics, Luminous Bodies and more.
CHECK OUT THE LIVE VIDEO FOR 'MIND DECAY' BELOW
SNAPS
REVIEWS
Man, this is pissed/odd/crazy
(delete where applicable). Hey, that’s what you expect
from any band on Riot Season though; a label that are the
true purveyors of the weird, wonderful and downright
ridiculous when it comes to creating a variation on sound
that can be interpreted and translated into music. KRAUSE
are four dudes from Athens, featuring former members of
*deep breath* VULNUS, Cut Off, Rita Mosss, Casual Nun,
Progress of Inhumanity, Dusteroid and Straighthate (nope,
me neither but let’s investigate later). In any
case,they make a fuckload of noise – and why not? In
this ever increasing unrest as we suffer a full and total
dimensional cascade into the darkest timeline imaginable,
we might as well go out with a bang and bloody, hacked-up
grins on our faces. Right, take your shirt off, crack a
beer and dive straight in.
The solemn and desolate
rapid-bass twang on opener Leather Couch sets a rather
disconcerting tone for the first 38 seconds – then the
guitars kick in and everything is buried in this buzzing,
gnashing hum of crunching strings and clattering drum
beats. Vocals are lost in the fuzz, somewhat breaking
through in places, but buried beneath this percussive
blast of dense, almost kraut-rock bludgeoning of chaos.
From this point on, KRAUSE keep the fear levels to
maximum, as the unhinged Unsane-thrash noise of Mind Decay
thunders past, complete with crackled vocal barks, which
sound as if someone is constantly re-tuning a radio
through a show about white noise, whilst the guitars
scythe and slice with surgery-like precision.
There’s perhaps a reason
Weak starts with a cackling laugh – it sets the tone of
this entire album really; KRAUSE are laughing at you –
the person trying to understand this all. The distorted,
ugly vocal muffle that emits sounds like one continuous,
braying cackle, utterly swamped, consumed and polluted by
electronics, whilst the rhythm section is a taunt, slice
of post-hardcore hate stamping on your face. The frat-boy
bro-core slap of Let Off Steam is perhaps the most upbeat
track on offer – oddly lighter in tone, it’s still
scuzzy as hell with that scratching, ripped-up edge before
falling into this portal of sludge and is soon enveloped.
It’s not all laughs or
smashing your guitar to pieces for KRAUSE though. There
are moments that are akin to Arizona psych-merchants
Destruction Unit; the howling swirl of noise on Death Town
for example, which plays on the heavy-grunge vibe of
sludge-riffs and expansive mire drenching unease. This is
continued on the slow rumble of The Last Men, a crunching
almost jam-session vibe of meaty, space-rock guitars and
rambling, spoken-word segments that drift in and out of
focus.
The ear-ringing, cymbal
trashing fury of Dusk Latitudes and the bizarrely named
Suburban Anarchists Building a Better Tomorrow both
thunder along at an almost METZ-like speed; uncomfortably
loud, obnoxious and seething. On the later, vocals are
mangled, mixed and submerged beyond all incomprehensible
recognition as this wailing punk-racket hammers onward to
oblivion. Final track, Sleep Of Fools is a noxious and
scribbled caterwaul of darkness and unforgiving bleakness
that stretches itself over 7 minutes of howling agitation
before collapsing in a smoldering heap of burnt-out amps
and a drum kit, possibly on fire.
This is a demolition spree
disguised as an album; 2am Thoughts will rattle the teeth
out of your skull – it’s saturated in disturbance and
hardcore psychedelic nuance, making it a bloody brilliant
and cathartic listening experience. Stream/purchase below
from Riot Season if you’re after an intense, high-octane
ride. Also: RIFFS. Loads of ’em.
Another great debut album but in a different genre than the ones above. KRAUSE's "2am Thoughts" is a pissed-off, swamped, noise rock album that is going to melt your brains and rattle the teeth out of your skull. Nine tracks with a total duration of about 34minutes, full of riffs, crunchy bass, saturation, clattering drum beats and mangled vocals buried under tons of noise and beyond any recognition.
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