Big Business - Mind The Drift: CD
Haven’t read what other people are writing about this one, but I know some of my friends are a little disappointed. I am not however. I really didn’t know what to think after anxiously awaiting their 3rd album with the addition of guitarist, Toshi Kasai, but I stuck through it and am much better for doing so.
I think most people were afraid that the addition would somehow ruin the strictly bass/drums pummeling aspect of their music. But, what most people may not realize, is that there is an overlying melody to Big Business’ music that keeps that pummel together even more than its tight rhythms. Jared’s vocals. To me, his vocals had completely replaced a guitar’s duties in a band. He sings in riffs, making his voice another instrument. This has always impressed me, and what I was afraid of, was that adding the guitar to the mix would change that. This is not the case.
Toshi’s guitar work only adds accent and color, in the way that many floorcore, knobtweakers add to rock bands with their esoteric and antique synths, theremins, and mystery boxes with flashing lights. This understatement is carried over to the album as a whole also. Even the drums are not as "hear the sounds of the marching hordes" as they usually are. Bass playing too. Instead, right up in the lead are the vocals, riffing away in an odd, epically subtle way. And I must emphasize, although it may not appear so upon first listen, this album is still very epic. Something Big Business amazingly accomplishes in a very minimal way on all of their albums.
Maybe not the best place to start on Big Business, but, for fans, if they can clean their ears out, this will be just as rewarding as the first two.
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