Time Signature
My enemy...
Genre: alternative metal
Wolves Like Us have manged to put together a quite varied, yet very coherent and consistent album in their debut album "Late Love".
While anchored in the sound of the alternative rock scene, the album draws on a whole lot of different sounds and impressions from the alternative rock scene, and thus there are pointers towards alternative metal, grunge rock, post-rock, noise-rock, sludge rock, shoegaze (although the band are, as far as I understand, far from shoegazers in their live performances), neo-prog, post-punk and what not, plus a good dose of heavy rock, on this release.
While the musicianship is without doubt top notch, the main focus on this album is on expression, and the album is indeed a very expressive one. The vocals are unpolished, yet expressive, and many of the odd harmonies, chords, and at times dishamonies used on the album help generate an atmosphere which is both warm and cold at the same time, and has a certain melancholy to it.
Fans of alternative metal should definitely check out this debut by Norway's bid for the next big alternative rock name.
(review originally posted at seaoftranquility.org)