Talk about a blast from the
past. Those great metallers Miocene, last seen struggling
under the weight of that 'British Tool' tag, no matter how
ambient and DJ Shadow they took their output.
It’s good to see they’ve
avoided the Earthtone9 ‘shunned so split’ road to nowhere, and
even greater still to hear, merely seconds into opener ‘A
Message From Our Sponsors’, that they’ve got their fucking
anger back too. It’s like ‘Fits Like That’ never went away.
Because while their second
release ‘Cellular Memory’ was maybe a necessary venture to
alleviate the constant Maynard and co comparisons (losing the
almost identical vocals certainly helped), it robbed the
record of its voice and ability to connect.
‘A Perfect Life…’ is a more
human experience for their re-emergence, and while it’s sure
to raise the usual criticisms and derisions, the winning
combination of atmospheric textures and primal rage is
undeniably a guilty pleasure.