Hi, I'm a British expat who currently lives in Poland. I teach English and travel. I keep a blog ca...
Hi, I'm a British expat who currently lives in Poland. I teach English and travel. I keep a blog called "A Band A Day" If you'd like to check it out http://www.muscineverdied.com
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What You Don't Know is Frontier is Asva's second album and was released this year. Asva is the brainchild of former Burning Witch member Stuart Dalhqvist and uses up musicians from various bands including Mr.Bungle, another band which I didn't like that much. This is pretentious rubbish going nowhere with an album which basically consists of a doom metal intro and it fails to explode, in fact it's really disappointing.
There's a bit of electronic experimental work in there too and whilst it tries to sound scary like the beginning of a horror film, it's like walking in the graveyard when it's busy in the day - really not scary at all. In some ways the electronic elements remind me of Mike Patton's most recent work, which I too see as a load of utter rubbish. My best advice to you on this one is not to buy it as I doubt you'll get enjoyment from it or find anything musically interesting about it, nor find meaning in the album, in particular the extremely long 4th track "A Trap for Judges"
1. What You Don't Know Is Frontier 2. Christopher Columbus 3. A Game in Hell, Hard Work in Heaven 4. A Trap for Judges
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