Review Summary: 'If it’s a joke, it’s a little too pleasant on the ears than last month’s record dropped by Geyser Bastion (the living)'
If it’s a joke, it’s a little too pleasant on the ears than last month’s record dropped by Geyser Bastion (the living). In past efforts, harsh noisy tracks of what sounds like a few days of ***ery would be what normally ensured. If that was the case here though, I really don’t want to know the lack of care that went towards this record, rather I’d like to believe there was quite a lot put into Humble Cannons’ release. There’s hardly any ‘is it clipping bitch?’ here, at least to begin with. Not to mention the production of these tracks are perhaps better than one would think they possibly deserve.
When Geyser isn’t torturing his equipment for the first half of this record, there’s a sense of direction and effort on the gonna-be Indie smash hit Saturation, to lo-fi bedroom rockers like Alice In Wonderland Syndrome. While the vocals would suggest otherwise, it seems as if Geyser is quite committed to these tracks he’s produced here, as said by the man himself in Intro, ‘I sincerely hope you enjoy this collection of work.’
Perhaps these words should be taken lightly though, along with the vocal performances on this thing. Whether it’s the grumbling-mumbling on the dying-dying- not-dead-yet outro to Gengar Cult, or the unapologetically wobbly acoustic guitars on With You that are barely the most of Geyser’s problems as he struggles to sing the hook, ‘I’m with youuuuu.’
Geyser Bastion (deceased) does fall back onto his roots of noisy soundscapes and outbursts on tracks like Coffee Legs The Magnet Eats A Banana Cake, which features the Facebook Messenger bloop of all samples repeatedly. Whether a friend really was interruptedly messaging Geyser as he performed the Piano to his laptop, we’ll never know, but you can’t help feel annoyed at the attention Geyser receives while no one wants to *** with you as you’re spinning his ***.
Whether it’s 80’s gaming arcade theme music you’re after, noisy obnoxious lo-fi rock or spooky indie-folk tracks, Geyser has it all in a whopping Hour + of material, minus the Adventures of Tintin theme songs distorted to obliteration (see TinTinTronic’s).
At times though, boi’ does this record provide lush noise between Geysers’ often distorted nasally voice and the abundance of buzzy guitars, cutting bass, garage drums amidst glockenspiel and accordion. Though yes, there’s also the may-as-well-put-a-knife-through-your-ear sharp and noisy but to be expected endeavours, most notably the closest homage to the title, A Message From The Humble Cannons. Though at least Geyser knows how to wrap up a record, with Do You Collect Frogs? swiftly redirecting the record to the powerful finishing blow that is the closer I Destroyed Myself To Get Here (And Now I Am Destroyed), which rings beautifully as it sneaks in Vibraphone, and a middle eastern flare before wrapping up possibly the most enjoyful, fun, albeit patience-testing bedroom record I’ve heard thus far.
Now, I don’t know how high of a score I can give this that won’t or will make you take this seriously. I don’t know what else to say other than you really should. I’ve listened to this record a total of two times through, cudo’s to you if you beat it.
