According to the group, ‘Blue Gillespie’ is an imaginary avatar, a vehicle for embodying all their troubles and demons. Appropriately, Synesthesia is littered with sinister timbres, unnervingly static motivic development and a growling, distressed vocal performance throughout. The latter would be in danger of becoming tedious, were it not for singer Gareth David-Lloyd’s alternation between Phil Anselmo-esque snarls and a tone that occasionally resembles Ian Curtis. Admittedly, the overall sound is rather dated, but what Blue Gillespie lack in fashion they make up for with conviction and palpable instrumental prowess. Sugarglass displays their talents for hard-hitting virtuosic material, but dislocated with a brilliantly nuanced cross-rhythmic delivery by drummer Nick Harrison. This said, by the end of the album, the initial unsettling quality in the dedicated repetition of material only narrowly avoids unwelcome uniformity. However, the MMP eagerly awaits more dirge-metal antics from this undoubtedly talented outfit.
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This is an accurate description of the band. But.. I don't agree that their music is dated, cause all music is timeless. The new CD at this point in time is going to be called ''The Seven Rages of Man'', and the hardcore know it will be brilliant.
Hi Cathy, thanks for chipping in and for the update on Blue Gillespie's next work, hopefully we'll get our hands on a copy…
Just a quick note on your point about timeless music – I'm not sure you can say all music is timeless, some is very much identifiable by the production on show and/or the contextual lyricism or overall style. Not to say this necessarily applies to Blue Gillespie but as a broader statement it seems rather bold…
Does being "of its time" preclude a record from being timeless?
The fact that production values come in, out and back in to fashion aside, I'd say; if it's good – it can be called timeless. Look at almost anything David Bowie has ever produced for instance. Always on trend, not always amazing, but some timeless classics.
Marc – it's certainly true that some tunes are timeless classics in the sense that they can be listened to repeatedly across generations and still achieve some resonance. I do wonder, though, whether it can be claimed that all music is timeless by this measure. Some can definitely be stylistically dated in the context of the genre in which they operate, do this outside of trend and be forgotten. Again, not saying this in relation to Blue Gillespie but the tonnes of bands not making, at least to my subjective eyes, timeless music almost always has and always will outweigh those who do.
I completely agree – some music is just bunk. No question. Suggesting ALL music is anything is a bit silly.