Bent Knee sent me a CD in the mail recently, and I was instantly curious. Being described as "Nine Inch Nails with Bjork as the lead singer," I was a bit scared and even a little turned off, but the gorgeous packaging and cryptic press release made me listen. After carefully peeling off the wax seal, I was greeted with much more than a CD. Cryptic poems (I'm assuming lyrics), poured out of the cardboard envelope, printed on semi-transparent paper, along with a pro-printed (not burnt!) CD. I was scared initially by how 'dark' this band seemed to be trying to appear, but I popped it in my CD player and went for a drive anyway.
I was initially met with gated drums, with huuuuge gaps of silence between them. At first, it was all 'dark, industrial' sounding, and I was really starting to sigh, but then the synths, guitars, and strings came in (suddenly), and all of a sudden this album had a certain quality to it that I couldn't quite place my finger on... So I listened onwards.. I was soon met with something rather strange indeed. The music pouring out of my speakers was in fact dark, mysterious, and.. dare I say, beautiful? I was reminded of The Fiery Furnaces, The Mars Volta, Tera Melos, and yes, even Bjork (though if you were to ask me why, all I could say was it had a 'BIG', sound to it). The worst part of this album is that it is criminally short. Personally, I cannot wait to hear more from Bent Knee, and I hope they'll be in Ohio soon.
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