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The Brute Chorus
How The Caged Bird Sings
Tape
This punk chorus of four British lads is everything today's oversaturated listener could want—if you are in search of something completely unpredictable, rhythmic, and emotionally charged, The Brute Chorus' second album How The Caged Bird Sings is exactly what you need. The eleven tracks here range from the experimental chaos of garage punk, to the call-and-response singing of folk music, to the emotional aching of the blues. If the raw, driving pace of songs like "Banged And Blown" tire you out, you'll fall right into step with thoughtful ballads like "Wife." We're even treated to an Elvis-inflected opening on the highly danceable "Birdman." It's hard to deny the yearning and urgency of the slow-building "Red Blood" (my personal favorite on the album) which is closed off with a baritone chorus that sounds like it comes straight out of the Southern Delta. Band members James Steel, Nick Foots, Dave Ferrett and Matthew Day sing tales of religious saviors, and how "they locked the gates of heaven on the day I was born" on this wild ride of an album.
—Shauna C. Keddy
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