Jesu / Battle Of Mice

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4...according to our Ant on Thu 31 Jul, 2008.

Just coming up stairs from the stockroom I hear a very distinctive sound, it can only be Justin Broadricks Jesu project. Yep he and his chums are back on the case with a split EP with Battle of Mice on Robotic Empire. Jesu's brand of slow motion shoegaze is stripped back somewhat on opener 'Clear Stream' Its more post rock than shoegaze really but it's full of passion and sounds pretty damn good. Not my favourite Jesu piece by a long shot as I like 'em a bit more fuzzed up. Brett is making a comparison to Pelican and I think I may have said that in the past so there must be something in it. 'Falling From Grace' has his vocal and all the drama that they create fully locked down. I particularly like the mechanical sounding beat. Battle Of Mice I'm unfamiliar with but they sure know how to rock in a post metal stylee with shouty female vocals. I want one of those new air guitars that I seen on the gadget show to play along. If you're after some quality heavy rock with doomy shades then look no further as this will have you punching the air proper. Speaking of mice some of the little blighters managed to get into one of our kitchen cupboards and eat they way into a 28 bag multipack of Walkers crisps. They must have thought they'd hit the jackpot... I noticed they mostly went for the prawn cocktail ones.

Several years in the making, the long-awaited Jesu / Battle of Micesplit is finally available. Each band has two exclusive, lengthy trackson this limited-edition release.Jesu, comprised of the cult-followed Justin K. Broadrick, showcasesClear Streamand Falling From Grace,two pieces towardsthe darker end of the spectrum hes created under the Jesu moniker.Battle of Mice contribute the two most sinister songs theyve recorded,The Bishopand Yellow Heavier than the materialfound on their A Day of Nights debut, yet more dynamic overall, thesetracks from Battle of Micepossibly the final to be recorded by thebandcompliment the Jesu material well.While both bands utilize traditional heavy musicinstruments,they are also unified by keyboard usage, atmospherics, and otherunique elements to vary it all. Both formats come in deluxe packagingwith metallic silver ink and spot matte finish, and are limited toone-time pressings of 2000 copies each.

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