BORIS — Pink (review)

BORIS — Pink album cover Album · 2005 · Metal Related Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
siLLy puPPy
Ranging from an opening post-metal sound to heavy psych turned up to 11 influenced by 60s acts such as Blue Cheer or Cream, BORIS continues their unique combination of sludgy riffs and drone doom feedback fuzz with several outros bringing the not-in-no-hurry drone doom band Earth to mind on their tenth album PINK. Apparently there are two versions of PINK. One from the Japanese label on Diwphalanx Records and the one I have from Southern Lord Records. They have different tracks lists with different running times but I believe they are the same tracks in Japanese and English and the ones with longer running times are just extended versions.

This album took on a more melodic songwriting approach than many BORIS albums have. The trio successfully added some catchy tunes to create their fuzzed out doomy atmospheric magic around. The songs range from spacy post-metal that is slow and breezy to super aggressive dissonant yet bluesy heavy psych. There is feedback galore amongst punky rockers and hypnotic repetitive riffs. The last track on my version “Just Abandoned Myself” is a staggering 18 minute plus drony, doomy delight that manages to incorporate the only Japanese sound on the whole album with a samisen or some other Eastern stringed instrument into the mix. If you are looking for some totally spacey, fuzzy and feedback sludge psych then you can't go wrong with PINK, yet another winner from BORIS.
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