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 | Thosquanta can hardly be described as "headbanging caterwauling", but I had to pick something! What Thosquanta really sounds like is more dark synth-pop, industrial, or trip-hop, depending on the track and album you listen to- this album sounds much like dark synth-pop/industrial-ish to me. Lovelife is a 2006 release from the band- their previous album, Phoenix (2005) is also well worth a listen- and also my next review here. The reason why I feel the deep need to mention Thosquanta here on RoR is for a specific track on this album- "A is A". Adam Powell, the lead singer and songwriter (and the brains that is Thosquanta), is also an objectivist, and this has shone through in a few songs in the Thosquanta catalog, though perhaps not so up front as in this track. Read through the lyrics and decide for yourself: They pretend an object is not what it really is. In the hopes it will not be that which it always is. Imagination, it seems to them, is meant to be absurd. They use a gun instead of reason to make their voices heard. They won't come to ever see how their morals shape reality, the only end they care to see is violent: forced equality. They pretend your mind is something that belongs to them. It's only meant to serve all those whose needs are still not met. Self-destruction is, to them, a means that serves an end. Self sacrifice and immolation make the best of men. They won't come to ever see starvation comes from equity, if equal men are made by force, they turn the best into the worst. They pretend that you'll provide under the yoke of force. Their need the right to claim all you have made and force out more. They pretend that they won't starve without a working mind. And they wont see where they end up is where they wished to find. They won't come to ever see their morals shape reality, the only end they care to see is violent: forced equality. The rest of the album has some gems, too- "Fingernails" and "Lovelife" are also well done tracks, and "Random" is beautiful and sweet, featuring a guest vocalist. "These Green Vines" is a sonic soundscape, and one worth giving a good listen. www.thosquanta.com for those interested. | |||
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