rude but not wrong
>Boris - Flood
>Psychedelic Rock, Minimalism, Drone
First track, and First thought: "Was Reich involved in this?"
Second thought: "Looks like you guys are 20 years late to the Minimalism party"
Third thought: "ok i like the cave sounds"
I think the first track is lacking in undertones like the pianos in Piano Phase would have, being electric and all. Piano Phase is mysterious, driving, and reassembles itself at will. Flood I sounds flat in comparison.
Thankfully, Flood 2 strays away from this cheap impersonation with some Slowcore. Nothing outstanding, but hypnotic nonetheless. A guitar solo at the end pierces through the water like a knife, but it works.
A faint voice comes through in Flood 3, joined with light electronic coos, and a lone guitar.
If Flood 2 was the end of a party, in a lone suburban town on a warm night, the beginning of Flood 3 would be a quiet confession between the last two people that were left. That is, until a distant roar introduces the first moments of fear: and it all comes crashing down, in moments of triumph and anger.
Flood 4 repeats a bass line you'll probably be familiar with from Flood 3 at this point, and lets itself sink beneath feedback. Nothing is left save a dull hiss, faint pitches and hums from some sort of machine, and a tidal push and pull. Handled much better than Flood 1, but that's because it's drone versus Minimalism.
The album has gone from minimalism to slowcore to post rock; an upward drift in dynamics, cresting higher and higher like a monstrous wave, before falling in Flood 4.
This isn't inaccessible in the slightest. Probably the easiest starter kit for anyone interested in drone-esque genres, since it's got influences from all of them. Flood is an excellent title for an album that seamlessly blends 4 waves of sound.
7.5/10