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Snuttock's Carved and Sutured CD makes for lackluster listening
Justin Pacheco
Issue date: 9/10/08 Section: Entertainment
09/10/08 - Snuttock's Carved and Sutured is an album of remixed songs done by DJs I've never heard of who, like the group itself, have silly names.
As a whole, the sound of the album tends to sway back and forth between a Nine Inch Nails album and a one hit wonder from the 1980's like Gary Newman, which makes the album an interesting listening experience to say the least.
Tracks such as "Bullhead's Eye" feature distorted guitars melding with dark synthesizers. This results in a song that actually ends up being quite catchy-though that might just be due to its repetitiveness. The dark lyrics and monotone singing, however, put a damper on most of the enthusiasm found on the rest of the track.
Much of the album had a similar impact on me. The track "Like You" is featured twice, remixed once by DJ Retrofit and another version titled the "Red This Ever Remix." Ignoring the singer will leave you with two poppy techno songs that can be very fun to listen to.
Who doesn't love a good techno dance party?
The singer of Snuttock apparently doesn't, because the eternally depressed singer manages to ruin the fun and bring each remix down.
The two tracks titled "Catharsis" lack both the fun synthesizers and beats and focus solely on the singer's melancholy lyrics backed with moody, quiet music. Add in some strange ambient noise and you have a recipe for a track that seems destined to be skipped repeatedly by most listeners.
Another issue I had with the CD is that it's little misleading to be sold as a new full length CD. It has just 11 tracks in total and clocks in at forty minutes even. However, some tracks are alternate remixes of the same song. So there are really only eight unique tracks.
As previously mentioned, there are two mixes of "Like You" and two tracks of "Catharsis." Neither of the two remixes sounds different enough to warrant both being on the disk for any purpose besides filler.
There are also the tracks "Frustrated" and "Terribly Frustrated" which feature the same melody and lyrics, but are remixed differently.
"Terribly Frustrated" emphasizes the singer and the lyrics, featuring a more mellow synthesizer for backing. "Frustrated" is pure industrial rock, featuring the same vocals backed by a pounding drum beat and heavy guitar riffs and is one of the least synth-heavy tracks on the album.
Cut and Sutured is an album that is a little unappealing to most listeners, as the mainstream popularity of industrial music has waned much since its brief early '90s reign.
There are things to like about Snuttock and the album is a fun listen at times, but ultimately the singer is the real downer here, crashing the party and forcing everyone to listen to his sad sack poetry.
As a whole, the sound of the album tends to sway back and forth between a Nine Inch Nails album and a one hit wonder from the 1980's like Gary Newman, which makes the album an interesting listening experience to say the least.
Tracks such as "Bullhead's Eye" feature distorted guitars melding with dark synthesizers. This results in a song that actually ends up being quite catchy-though that might just be due to its repetitiveness. The dark lyrics and monotone singing, however, put a damper on most of the enthusiasm found on the rest of the track.
Much of the album had a similar impact on me. The track "Like You" is featured twice, remixed once by DJ Retrofit and another version titled the "Red This Ever Remix." Ignoring the singer will leave you with two poppy techno songs that can be very fun to listen to.
Who doesn't love a good techno dance party?
The singer of Snuttock apparently doesn't, because the eternally depressed singer manages to ruin the fun and bring each remix down.
The two tracks titled "Catharsis" lack both the fun synthesizers and beats and focus solely on the singer's melancholy lyrics backed with moody, quiet music. Add in some strange ambient noise and you have a recipe for a track that seems destined to be skipped repeatedly by most listeners.
Another issue I had with the CD is that it's little misleading to be sold as a new full length CD. It has just 11 tracks in total and clocks in at forty minutes even. However, some tracks are alternate remixes of the same song. So there are really only eight unique tracks.
As previously mentioned, there are two mixes of "Like You" and two tracks of "Catharsis." Neither of the two remixes sounds different enough to warrant both being on the disk for any purpose besides filler.
There are also the tracks "Frustrated" and "Terribly Frustrated" which feature the same melody and lyrics, but are remixed differently.
"Terribly Frustrated" emphasizes the singer and the lyrics, featuring a more mellow synthesizer for backing. "Frustrated" is pure industrial rock, featuring the same vocals backed by a pounding drum beat and heavy guitar riffs and is one of the least synth-heavy tracks on the album.
Cut and Sutured is an album that is a little unappealing to most listeners, as the mainstream popularity of industrial music has waned much since its brief early '90s reign.
There are things to like about Snuttock and the album is a fun listen at times, but ultimately the singer is the real downer here, crashing the party and forcing everyone to listen to his sad sack poetry.
