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Jesu - Opiate Sun
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The EP might be the ideal format for Justin Broadrick's music, regardless of his alias. Whether he's trying to erase your head via concrete-slab guitars in Napalm Death, reduce techno to a series of clockwork hammerblows with Final, or massage your pleasure centers with neo-shoegaze in Godflesh, Broadrick's music has a laudable singularity. The three-or-four-song dose mainlines his all-consuming mood of the moment without the potential dilution of trying to fill up a CD. Broadrick claims to be channeling his long-unused (or presumed non-existent) pop instincts via Jesu, and the band's DNA always has too much of hard rock's cathartic oomph and pop's peaks and valleys to pass for ambient. But Jesu's extended-players like Silver, Lifeline, and now Opiate Sun do seem to bring out Broadrick's more memorable riffs and choruses. If nothing else, they foreground those riffs and ringing climaxes in a way that the hour-plus ebb-and-flow of Jesu or Conqueror isn't designed to do. Opiate Sun isn't as good as the all-over bodiless sparkle of Lifeline, which may be the best non-collaborative release in Broadrick's unwieldy discography. It's more of a Jesu sampler, a four-song distillation of the band's major modes, with some of Broadrick's most accessible, ingratiating songwriting-- radio-ready if not for the tempos and the fuzz....full text |
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Despite his insanely prolific schedule and involvement in no less than five bands (among them the notable Napalm Death and Godflesh), not even Justin Broadrick can escape the inevitable clutches of predictability. By the time his Jesu moniker had turned four years of age, the ex-metalhead had crossed eleven releases off his to-do list… including three in 2008 alone. And with each split release or extended-play unveiled within months of each other, Jesu’s sneak-attacks grew increasingly linear, showcasing a speedy change-of-heart from sludgy post-rock to industrial electronics. One year since his synthetic love climaxed on Why Are We Not Perfect EP, Broadrick breaks the chain with Opiate Sun; a left-turn for home that should reward old fans without completely deafening his fringe following. Announcing his return to hard-rock roots, opening track Losing Streak is a well-paced collision of crashing cymbals and guitar distortion that recalls the fist-pumping bravado of his 2006 EP Silver. That song’s sanguine vocal hooks are compounded on the following title track, which drives a slower, penetrating groove for Broadrick to imbed with slowburning guitar arpeggios. By the time Deflated kicks in with its chugging metal verses, any doubts that Opiate Sun was designed to be Jesu’s return-to-form should be sailing out the window. Of course, the “metal” in Jesu remains largely cosmetic, its wall-to-wall guitar blasts, always chest out to confront first-impressions, are merely make-up to disguise Broadrick’s identity as a romantic songwriter. And that’s why I love Jesu; his albums are so boisterous and eardrum-splitting, it’s easy to forget that what Broadrick is really force-feeding us is his own vulnerability. Giving that complex songwriting some subtlety in the form of minor electronics may have upset early followers but it also balanced and progressed his sonic palette. Such studio frills are omitted and ultimately missed on Opiate Sun, replaced with a stubborn volume that negates Jesu’s understated third-dimension. These four songs properly house Broadrick’s comfort zone but, despite his effective songwriting, Opiate Sun feels like a retread of raw, less imaginative years....full text |
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As a founder member of Midlands based noise experimentalists Godflesh, Justin Broadrick has a history of creating uncompromising passages of sound in the name of music. Despite Godflesh coming to an end six years ago, Broadrick has continued in a similar vein with Jesu, and in that time managed to establish a reputation for being one of the heaviest, loudest outfits currently sitting amongst the post-rock/metal genres. His most recent long player, Infinity, consisted of just one piece of music lasting just under an hour, which probably gives you some idea of what to expect here. Opiate Sun is a project that has long been in the making, Broadrick first discussing his ideas online for the EP a good 18 months ago. Initially planned as a two-part project that would see the studio make-up of Jesu (Broadrick, ex-Swan Ted Parsons and Diarmuid Dalton) collaborate on two tracks with the live version of the band (Broadrick plus Dave Cochrane and Phil Petrocelli of fellow ambient experimental combo Transitional) contributing the other two, Opiate Sun is actually a solo piece, Broadrick laying down everything from guitars to vocals and rhythm section himself. What this means is that Opiate Sun, for all its good intentions, seems bereft of any new or original ideas, and rather than show any signs of progress or inventiveness, its more a case of business as usual....full text |
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