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***The power of The Apes is unleashed on the new classic blitz Baba's Mountain. The merging of the rage and energy of their live shows-- also known as massive riffage-- with studio wizardry began with last year's Tapestry Mastery. As always, a visionary epic story links it all together. You gotta have a visionary epic story. Without that, why bother? Baba's Mountain rocks, grooves, and takes you on a ride. Figure it out. One has to admire The Apes for their consistency, having changed little over the course of their career. If there's been any perceptible evolution, it's a thickening, a movement toward the modern no-wave of bands like Lightning Bolt, The Locust, and Pink and Brown. The abrasiveness quotient is at an all-time high...While The Apes lack guitar, they've got this one organ sound that mimics a growling, overdriven axe with startling fidelity, and which, along with the deep waves of the low end, ballasts the mutant barrelhouse boogie... This level of intensity is maintained throughout: low elastic drones, busy atmospheres, a rich palette of sonic embellishments, oscillating frequencies and coagulated noise... Seems like success to me. --Brian Howe, pitchformmedia.com |
