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Maurice Narcisse
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1. Dirty
Hands
2. Maurice Narcisse
3. Oh Lord!
4. Honor Killer
5. Awake
6. Bone Density
7. Texas Stampede
8. Wake
Up
9. Canyon
10. Hollow Cave
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Issue
#145
May '11
The power-trio. It’s
a difficult format to undertake
let alone master. Each of the three musicians must be able to pair off
as well
as break free, yet stay united as one. Since Cream first broke the
power-trio
format in the 60s many bands have come and gone, trying to live, but
mostly
dying, behind an art form much more problematical than would seem from
the
outside looking in. This month we bring you 2 power-trios that have
each
mastered the format in their own individual ways. The
Ivory Bills and Eula are both
power-trios out of New Haven, CT and while their existence
parallels each other,
that’s about where the similarities end. So tell me, how do
you like your
power-trio?
Crunchy, Edgy, Medieval, Mythical, NuWave, and Monstrous are
just a few ways to describe Eula’s
4th
release. After 3 EPs, Maurice Narcisse
is this power-trio’s 1st full-length
and best to date. Showing their
chops and maturity, Alyse Lamb
(guitar, vocals), Nathan Rose (drums), and Jeff
Maleri (bass) have taken
everything learned on the road and in the studio and delivered the best
modern
day representation of not only a power-trio, but of power-youth rock.
Evident in the opener, Dirty
Hands, as well as the Title
track, Maurice
Narcisse, Honor
Killer, and Texas
Stampede, is Eula’s
affection for the sounds of the far left 80s. Exploding with monster
drums, bass,
shredding guitar, and Alyse’s hardcore-twee, shrill-like,
provocative vocals,
we can hear Joy Division fuzztone style meltdowns, the pop(ing) of X,
the
syncopation of Devo, and even hardcore Japanese underground.
So as not to become a dinosaur of their punk leanings, Eula
then takes their core power-trio
into the studio and with the help of Bill
Readey and Matt Thomas (of MT Bearington) recorded and
produced
several instant classics. By adding keyboards/synths, and another
guitar, Eula takes the power-trio
concept into
the 21st century while borrowing again from the
80s to become this
era’s rock pioneers. Oh
Lord! is psycho-surf,
quasi-electronic, garage, art-house rock restrained by Eula’s
standards, yet intensified by Eula’s standards.
It’s a mind warp that is sustained on Awake,
a dreamy Portishead boundary lined production complete with
double-tracked
vocals illuminating Eula’s
mastery
of the studio within their vision and range. Bone Density continues
the intense soundscape fused with an early 70s funk element similar to
how Gang
Of Four, Public Image Ltd. and The Psychedelic Furs would present in
their
glory daze.
Showing an even deeper appreciation for the 80s, Wake
Up conjures the ghosts of The Sugarcubes,
Gary
Numan, and even The
Flying Lizards, while tempering it with the street sensibilities of The
Shirts
as it develops into an a cappella call and response complete with
handclaps and
a confused ending. The only way to describe Canyon is to picture
Split Enz playing a Goth theme song penned by Angelo Badalamenti on toy
piano
and tape loops – the perfect closing to an inspired
progression of past to
present sound built around and anchored by a masterful power-trio. But
no…
What would a Eula
record be without Alyse strapping
on
the acoustic and stripping the shrill out of her vocals to deliver a
heartfelt
tender ballad? After bludgeoning us with monster rhythms, assaulting us
with
shredding riffs, dazing us with studio wizardry and dosing us with
funky
electronics, Eula slays us with Hollow Cave,
a straightedge to the heart.
So
tell me, how do you like your power-trio?
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