Kmfdm - Blitz
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Artist: KmfdmEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-03-24
Music Label: Metropolis Records
Soundtracks:
- (Symbol)
- Bait & Switch
- Davai
- Never Say Never
- Potz Blitz!
- People Of The Lie
- Being Boiled
- Strut
- Bitches
- Me & My Gun
- Take'm Out
Music reviews of Blitz
Music Review: Better than most, but not the best
Rating: 4 Stars
Blitz is an album suffering from a split personality. It features an assortment of so-so, somewhat forgettable tunes that are a continuation of some of the more uninteresting aspects of 21st century KMFDM. It also features a handful of the best songs recorded by the band in at least a decade.
Starting off with the song entitled with a symbol, which seems to be the astronomical symbol for Uranus, KMFDM shows exactly how they're not quite hitting the target on this album. With some really interesting sounds and pieces that never quite gel, the first track sounds like three different songs that were hammered together in some Frankenstein's lab. It also foreshadows a recurring problem: great choruses and weak verses. The bummer is I really wanted to like this song more, but it had nothing to tie it all together. 5/10
Things get a bit better with Bait and Switch, which features some nicely skittering synth lines, and a decent trade-off between Lucia and Sascha on vocals. Her chorus lyrics remind me of Stars & Stripes, or New American Century. Still, this track doesn't pack much of a punch, despite the pretty decent groove it gets into. 7/10
Davai is one of the weakest tracks on the album, and it sounds like it came straight out of the Attak/WWIII era. It's not horrible, but it's not memorable either. The bridge leads in a more interesting section of industrialism, but it's not enough to save the track from a dull, plodding first half. 2/10
Never Say Never, again, has similar problems. Interesting pieces mixed with boring pieces, for a mediocre overall tune. Moderately cool chorus lines don't alter the fact that the verses are dull as hell. This song, along with the first track, would be much improved if it just had a hook. 4/10
Potz Blitz! is where the album starts to figure things out. It follows a formula similar to everything else up this point, but the formula is working better. The pieces are snapping into place, and that delightful sound of the giant, chugging machine begins to manifest. Menacing guitars and synths during the verses merge into oddly reflective and thoughtful chorus sections, and the vocoder treatment on Sascha's vocals gives this a unique feel. 7/10
So, we're got five rather tracks ranging from blah to decent up to this point... does it get any better? YES! All of a sudden, three of the most brilliant tracks KMFDM has produced in a looooong time come flying back to back to back, for an amazing mid-album apogee.
People of the Lie is one of the most interesting songs KMFDM has ever done, with a killer, staticky beat, sparse, yet tremendously effective synth and work, and some of Sascha's best work, in terms of songwriting, lyrics, and actual vocal performance. The whispery quality that he and Lucia achieve on the chorus is just awesome. KMFDM really needs to explore territory like this a LOT more, because it's a rich vein of musical gold. 10/10
Being Boiled, the cover of The Human League song, is another exciting foray into some new terrain for the band. The bizarre synth horns, the sweetly crunchy guitar, the pounding, pulsing, snapping beats, and the fact that Sascha actually sings, makes this a memorable, and very cool song. More please. 10/10
Strut, featuring a duet between Lucia and former KMFDM singer Cheryl Wilson, is perhaps the best track on the album. It feels like a much needed breath of fresh air for a band that, despite its claims to being tongue in cheek, comes across as stolid and humorless occasionally. The synths are varied and bouncy, and the jammin little guitar riffs sound like something Gunter Schultz would've played back in the 1990s, circa Nihil. 10/10
Bitches is another tune in the style of Sucks, Inane, and Intro, talking about how KMFDM is actually a big load of crap and you're a huge sucker for buying what they're selling. It works moderately well, with a great effect being achieved by the dead serious minor string chords at the beginning. It also features some nice acoustic guitar, something else KMFDM should play around with more. 6/10
Me & My Guns is a really annoying, thankfully brief tune that is the only real blemish on the back half of this album. Screeching vocals and pointless lyrics dominate, to no good effect. 1/10
Take'm Out is almost pure techno, a serious departure from the guitar-heavy sounds of almost all the KMFDM to come out since the reformation. The closest thing I can think of to compare to it would be Witness off of the album Adios, although this has minimal vocals and is fairly sample heavy. An interesting finish to an interesting album. 8/10
So, overall, this isn't a perfect album, but it features enough truly interesting and fresh work to make me pretty happy, and give me hope for the future of KMFDM.
Description of Blitz
Celebrating twenty-five years of the ultra-heavy beat, KMFDM proudly announce their new album of eleven new sonic blasts, tipping the scales at over 52 minutes. Under the direction of founder, leader, and vocalist Sascha K., "Blitz" is dominated by analogue synthetics with high-powered hooks, singer Lucia lends her vocal power, and the tracks are rounded out by some assistance from the KMFDM line-up of the last half decade: Jules Hodgson, Andy Selway, and Steve White.Alternative Rock CDs
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