LIFELINE
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Track Listing
"Lifeline" - 5:17 Personnel
Justin Broadrick – guitars/vocals/programming |
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Reviews
- Decibel Review: "Lifeline" December 2007:
... the metal portion of his metalgaze masterpieces is slowly being drained out, leaving lots of multi-track room for headphone-happy effects and the shimmering, swirling electronic music he’s toyed with since he formed Final in the ’80s. Aside from that, “Storm Comin’ On”—Broadrick’s best song of the year, hands down—is a nerve-wracking reminder of what a great producer he is (see all those Techno Animal albums he did in the ’90s). By dropping Jarboe in a room full of guillotine guitars and bouncy ball beats, Broadrick brings the Swans obsession of his youth full circle (he’s been known to credit Cop as a crucial creative inspiration after leaving Napalm Death) and suggests just how much he’d benefit from playing with others more.
- PitchforkMedia Review: "Lifeline", by Zach Baron:
On Lifeline, a short four-song EP for Hydra Head, Broadrick returns to the same sources-- gauzy, swirling guitars and ephemeral vocals, clarion bouts of melody, and that slow ascending arc-- adding only a duet with Jarboe, the prolific ex-Swans, called "Storm Comin' On". This track-- a rare departure from Broadrick's studio-centric meticulousness-- seems at first typical, with Jarboe merely taking Broadrick's role as muted vocalist. But within seconds she's clawing her way above the surface of Broadrick's instrumental, and her struggle to get on top of Jesu's atmospheric bleed gets at how complexly crafted (and how deceptively difficult) Broadrick's songs tend to be.