Sadness
CHOKEBORE - Black Black - 1998
www.myspace.com/chokebore
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Formed in Honolulu, Hawaii in early 1990's, then moved to Los Angeles, USA around 1992 in hope to get a larger exposure.
Just to situate it, with their first full-lenght Motionless, Chokebore toured with Nirvana and Today is the Day, among others...
They started playing wild grunge rock but their music turned much more instrospective and somber through the years.
Black Black is their fourth album, my personal favourite.
If you liked my last post about Sophia and Codeine, you may probably like this great record too.
I strongly recommend.
"If you ever heard Chokebore, you'll never confuse them with another band. No other vocalist sounds like Troy von Balthazar. His words are strung out, slightly distorted, and in a pitch that's hard to describe. Sometimes it's a mumbling drone, other times it's a soaring bird..."
http://shinygreymonotone.blogspot.com
"Chokebore sound is mostly slow, fragile, dissonant and intense, conjuring mostly darker atmospheres and textures. Troy von Balthazar sings channelling his pain and suffering, and the songs irregular and down-tempo structures often reinforce the melancholic feeling. Black Black is the absolute high point in the development of the band, a portrait of the band’s darker side; loneliness, depression, death and sadness being recurring themes. The feeling and power behind this masterpiece is pure and genuine - a perfect combination of strength, subtleness and versatility. On this album, Chokebore goes as deep as any band could possibly go. Suffice it to say, Black Black is a very personal record. This is not only music to listen to, it's something to identify with - something to FEEL."
http://lifeferocity.blogspot.com
CHOKEBORE - Black Black - 1998
www.myspace.com/chokebore
Download
Formed in Honolulu, Hawaii in early 1990's, then moved to Los Angeles, USA around 1992 in hope to get a larger exposure.
Just to situate it, with their first full-lenght Motionless, Chokebore toured with Nirvana and Today is the Day, among others...
They started playing wild grunge rock but their music turned much more instrospective and somber through the years.
Black Black is their fourth album, my personal favourite.
If you liked my last post about Sophia and Codeine, you may probably like this great record too.
I strongly recommend.
"If you ever heard Chokebore, you'll never confuse them with another band. No other vocalist sounds like Troy von Balthazar. His words are strung out, slightly distorted, and in a pitch that's hard to describe. Sometimes it's a mumbling drone, other times it's a soaring bird..."
http://shinygreymonotone.blogspot.com
"Chokebore sound is mostly slow, fragile, dissonant and intense, conjuring mostly darker atmospheres and textures. Troy von Balthazar sings channelling his pain and suffering, and the songs irregular and down-tempo structures often reinforce the melancholic feeling. Black Black is the absolute high point in the development of the band, a portrait of the band’s darker side; loneliness, depression, death and sadness being recurring themes. The feeling and power behind this masterpiece is pure and genuine - a perfect combination of strength, subtleness and versatility. On this album, Chokebore goes as deep as any band could possibly go. Suffice it to say, Black Black is a very personal record. This is not only music to listen to, it's something to identify with - something to FEEL."
http://lifeferocity.blogspot.com
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