I’ve been looking forward for this release for quite sometime so when it arrived by surprise, I was more than giddy. SPARKS LIGHTS THE FRICTION play a heavy style of hardcore that it held together quite strongly by the best points of indierock and slighty off kilter terms of originality. In other words, their sound is definitely unique in the realm of the hardcore underworld. Not only are the vocals generally audible and understandable, between the two singers, some great interraction goes on. I really dig it when bands trade off vocals duties like they do guitars. SPARK LIGHTS THE FRICTION are more complicated than most acts, and their drummer seems to be a well oiled machine. There’s strange timing changes and off beats abound, but best of all, the recording quality allows the drums to sound absolutely huge! My subwoofer was eating this up! Lyrically, I see a lot of FRODUS in these guys – kinda geeky, avant gardish intellectualism. Someone in this band is probably one smart cookie. If you’re begging for a comparison, I would say a chunkier SILENT MAJORITY, but really, this is a sound that has been bred from the ground up. Guitars continually crash left and right, and the bottom heavy bass lines rumble like old buildings next to a train yard. Check out “Hall of Bullets,” as this song will no doubt get your body moving! The entire “L’homme robotik” experience is all encompassing – even the artwork is complicated and engaging (and freaking awesome looking!). Definitely one of the more special releases to come out this year.

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