Showbread- The Fear of God

[ich1990]

Fair enough, man, I think we just have a difference of opinion as far as personal taste goes (I think the last 75 seconds of it are great, for instance).

Yah, I think that is probably the case. We seem to like a lot of the same bands, just for different reasons.

HOWEVER, I think I should have defined my terms a little better. By mature, I mean that Josh has improved as far as writing original material goes. Most of their stuff has been ripped off from other bands like Refused, Nine Inch Nails, etc. I can't as easily place this song alongside some other band that I know Josh Dies likes that it sounds like, and I think that is the mark of improving as a songwriter, whether it is particularly more complex or not. As far as being darker, I was also referring to the sonic quality of it. Everything on this song is rougher around the edges compared to their earlier works. It's a very DIY punk rock, garage band quality that I think fits the band rather well since it suited other bands with similar styles like Refused and (earlier) The Blood Brothers.

I am afraid I am as illiterate in the genre of punk rock as it is possible to be, so your comparisons do me little good. On the plus side, the unoriginality of some of Showbread's songs doesn't really bother me, because I haven't listened to who they are ripping off. I will take your word on their songwriting maturity level.

It is good that you defined your terms, though, because I don't usually consider "rough" with "dark". For instance, I would consider lots of Virgin Black's material to be "dark", even though it is very melodic. Accounting for differences in vocabulary usage, I think we are on the same page on this one, though.

I disagree that this one features less complex guitar work compared to their other songs, though. "And the Smokers..." isn't particularly complex...it just has a variety of pretty basic power chord progressions (which is really all Josh Dies knows how to write, anyway).

Fair enough. Even though it is just basic power chords, however, I like the fact that they change the pitch of the overall drone more often on "Smokers".

Regardless, this song is more than enough to pique my interest. Hopefully the rest of the album follows a similar path.

[Kkun]

It is good that you defined your terms, though, because I don't usually consider "rough" with "dark". For instance, I would consider lots of Virgin Black's material to be "dark", even though it is very melodic. Accounting for differences in vocabulary usage, I think we are on the same page on this one, though.

Yeah, I think my main problem there was that my frame of reference for "rough" equating with "dark" stems mainly from Age of Reptiles which is a very polished and "bright" sounding album. When I think of particularly dark albums (I know this does you no good, but hey, I'm just trying to explain my reasons for using those words in those ways :B), it's stuff like Nine Inch Nails which uses very jagged, synthetic sounds to create a sound that I would consider particularly dark. I don't think it's necessarily a one-to-one correlation which is why, with stuff like Virgin Black, you can have melody and create a very dark sound. I think it's possible to be have both. I think in Showbread's case, Josh Dies takes a cue from bands like NIN, and attain what I perceive to be a darker sound through the use of rougher sonic textures and dirtier production like they've done in this song. That's all I was getting at. : D I think we're on the same page now. Or not.

Either way, I'm excited about this album. I need something new and heavy.

[Tommy]

The new song is a perfect balance of No Sir and Age of with some A/N sprinkled on the top.

This album is going to take raw to the next level.

[LadyRushia]

I thought the same thing when I listened to the song.

[Shiningmonk_e]

AuuauuuauGH!!
I just listened to the new song and it was amazing!!

[That Dude]

The song pretty much kicks face in...I don't think I like it quite as much as the No Sir stuff...But if everything is pretty much like this it'll be so raw, you'd get in trouble with the FDA just for serving this CD.

[Kkun]

Merry Christmas, children.

Track 7, "The Great Emasculation."
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=d9925fe3caf53c90391d7d881749d3a7e04e75f6e8ebb871

It's just as punk rock as "Nothing Matters Anymore." I'm still enjoying the direction they've headed.

[Radical Dreamer]

Umyes. That is faaaantastic. People are right when they say that Fear of God is kind of a fusion between No Sir and Age of Reptiles. I love it. XD

[That Dude]

Super-freakin' radtastic! Seriously so raw that it'll literally melt off faces!

[ich1990]

Love the new song.

Also, you can hear 20 second clips of all the songs here:

http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/TheFearOfGod.asp

[Kkun]

Shepherd, No Sheep sounds like Weezer.

This is going to be the best album ever.