Is it really any wonder that this year has been marked by a plethora of truly scathing, unstable works of art? For instance, take Manitoba’s Tunic – the latest to throw a gem into this boiling sea up of harsh noise and metal.
But Tunic has a certain progressive sludge element to them, and it stands out particularly when the two-piece mix it with 90’s underground post-hardcore and Midwestern harshness a la Poison Arrows or Coordinated Suicides. That being said, their latest album puts a unique crater in the musical landscape around it.
Much like Chat Pile‘s God’s Country, or more recently Mamaleek‘s Vida Blue, there’s a certain mechanical element that seems inherent to the experience – perhaps industrial is the wrong word, or maybe it’s exactly the right word. We’re not talking KMFDM here, more like the nature of actual industrial machinery. A Harmony of Loss Has Been Sung finds itself aptly named as the maniacal fugue of an album rolls over you like a train driven by the devil himself, reaching Portrayal of Guilt-like heights of darkened ecstasy on tracks like “Sharpening the Blade” and “Eyes Crossed Out.”
As far as math rock goes, we’d even go so far as to say that if you’re a fan of bands like June of 44, Rodan, or even SWANS, A Song of Loss Has Been Sung will be an easy win. But if you can sit through the whole thing, there’s so much more on display. You just might not love it if you scare easily, so… now you’ve been warned?
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