Dreamdecay's aesthetic blog is rife with symmetric repeats of braces, elusive photography, and, yes, triangles, but their music is not a product of Garageband-quality witch house. This is 2012, and the band has their finger on the pulse of the current noise rock resurgence championed by the Men, Shoppers, and Iceage. If Fern were to just exist at the right time and place, though, Dreamdecay would be a mere particle of debris lost in the wave.
To its credit, the presentation aligns well with the album's harrowing allure. All vocalizations are translated to muffled incantations, lost within a flood of pummeling multi-guitar tumult and a vigorously tormented drum kit. These attributes can be found in a number of other bands in the same league (see the aforementioned bands), but in Dreamdecay's case Fern is a grand improvement. Debuting last year with their demo tape, the band dawdled with leisurely measures that felt more droning than they did expansive, and a very flimsy recording hindered the force that they currently possess.
Fern dispels the once-thin sound at the instantaneous feedback opening. Shortly thereafter, two guitars churn out a sinister dirge as a staggering cadence conjures a throbbing pulse beneath. Once the rhythm section dissipates into a frenzy of cymbals, both guitarists spout free-form leads that muddle themselves out of comprehension. Dreamdecay chiefly perform at trudging, ominous paces, and it works in their favor, deploying the apprehension akin to sludge metal. The fourth track is an anomaly: clocking in at a fleeting couple of minutes, a nimble post-punk rhythm anchors the discordant guitar stabs along a groove that would be much less out of character for TV Ghost to produce. Fern has a very simple configuration of volume and momentum, and arrayed throughout 19 minutes, it only stirs appetite for the dynamic Dreamdecay could provide at album's length.
[Dreamdecay Blog]
[Buy/Download Fern from Dreamdecay/Nuestra Lengua Records]
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