Left Spine Down

Left Spine Down

Fighting For Voltage

[3/5]

As frenetic as it is frivolous, Left Spine Down’s debut full-length Fighting For Voltage spins like a chainsaw in an airplane hanger; there’s plenty to listen to, but the prevailing din can be overwhelming. Maybe that’s what the band wanted, and you certainly can’t argue that the amalgam of drum and bass, industrial, punk and metal (executed tirelessly on tracks like the spastic “Ready Or Not” and the almost-club worthy “Policy Of Hypocrisy”) yields a grab bag of menacing minutiae. The punk-rock element is almost guaranteed to be from former Black Halos bassist Denyss McKnight, and Jeremy Inkel and Jared Slingerland’s affiliation with Front Line Assembly ushers in the experimental quotient, creating a musical tapestry woven by wide-ranging fingertips. Though the album has its moments, the redundancy of tempo and near-complete absence of innovation hurts its intrigue. (BITRIOT) Ryan Prado

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