Year : 2018 (Japan Edition)
Style : Alternative Metal , Grunge
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 138 mb
Bio:
Combining crushing riffs with ethereal, post-rock soundscapes, Final Coil offer up a quintessentially English take on alternative rock. Formed by frontman Phil Stiles, the Leicester-based band went through the usual trials and tribulations of finding a stable line-up with the one constant being lead guitarist Richard Awdry.Initially rooted in the explosive experimentation of the US underground scene, early Final Coil shows were noisy, messy affairs with broken equipment scattered across the stage and waves of arcing feedback left echoing around dark venues with sticky floors. With time, the band evolved to take a more nuanced approach, weaving stately, Gilmour-esque solos into the dense, metallic riffs and experimenting with layers of vocal harmonies reminiscent of Alice in Chains and Anathema.It was this more-evolved musical approach that attracted Jola Stiles; a Polish-born bassist with a jazz background, enabling the band to develop their sound yet further. With Jola in place, Final Coil recorded an acoustic EP that added flute, waves of synth and delicate piano to the mix. A major shift in the band’s sound, the Somnambulant EP demonstrated a newfound maturity of expression although live shows remained Adrenalin-soaked examples of pure-rock fury.
Album:
There’s something both exciting and unique about Leicester quartet Final Coil’s first full length album.Opener ‘Corruption‘ blends crunching guitars with hauntingly melodious vocals, which immediately brings to mind the work of the likes of Alice In Chains. So far, so post grunge. But if ‘Corruption’ makes you think you know where ‘Persistence Of Memory’ is going, then you couldn’t be more wrong.The beauty of the album is that you never know what to expect from one track to the next.There are the stripped back, numbers such as the ethereal ‘Failed Light’, a 10 minute epic that, just when you start to think it’s going to be entirely instrumental, goes direct for the heart with the emotive vocal, and second track ‘Dying’, which could well be the missing link between Alice In Chains’ ‘Sap’ and ‘Jar Of Flies’ EPs. It’s here that the the raw beauty of frontman Phil Stiles’ voice really begins to hit home.But Final Coil are equally at home rocking out, as the crunchier tracks on offer here prove.‘Myopic’ provides fuzzed up guitars and ear splitting riffs married brilliantly to the eclectic vocals, while ‘In Silent Reproach’ powers along on a wave of Tool inspired guitars, before hitting on a darker grunge sound. Meanwhile, ‘Moths To The Flame’ provides more pounding riffs, before easing into a harmonic section that evokes the memory of Smashing Pumpkins at their peak, before they were consumed by the overbearing weight of Billy Corgan’s ego.Then we have the more experimental numbers that add a bit of synth to the mix, such as ‘You Waste My Time’, which starts off sounding like the more ambient side of Deftones then explodes into beautiful life, finishing on a noisy, frenetic high ideally suited to a live arena, or album closer ‘Alienation’.Coming across as a bizarre experiment to mix the early John Carpenter movie scores with the ambient, progressive sound of someone like Maybeshewill, ‘Alienation’ makes fully sure that ‘Persistence Of Memory’ ends on a notable high.There’s just so much going on over the course of the album that there is likely to be something for pretty much everyone. Never resting on their laurels, Final Coil throw influences such as Tool, Deftones, Alice In Chains and Pink Floyd into one huge frying pan,then add a smattering of industrial tinged seasoning to create a veritable musical full English breakfast of epic proportions. No need for a sausage breakwater here, as everything here is mixed up to perfection.After making an impact with their earlier EP releases, Final Coil have pulled out all the stops on their full length debut, and created an album that is likely to be troubling the ‘Best Of’ lists come the end of 2017. Equal parts atmospheric, beautifully haunting and mind numbingly heavy, with no weak link to be found, ‘Persistence Of Memory’ is a release that should certainly be added to your “must buy” list.
Line Up:
Phil Stiles: Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Synths and Programming
Richard Awdry: Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals and Programming
Jola Stiles: Bass Guitar and Flute
Tony ‘Ches’ Hughes: Drums and Programming
Tracklist:
01. Corruption
02. Dying
03. Alone
04. You Waste My Time
05. Myopic
06. Failed Light
07. Spider Feet
08. Lost Hope
09. Moths to the Flame
10. In Silent Reproach
11. Alienation
+ Video "You Waste My Time" (Official Video)
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