Mother & The Addicts - Science Fiction Illustrated
Mother and his troupe of zealots are ripening deliciously...
| 08 Sep 2007
Album title:
Science Fiction Illustrated
Artist:
Mother & The Addicts
Label:
Chemikal Underground
But new album Science Fiction Illustrated finds Mother and his troupe of zealots ripening deliciously. The jack-knife riffs and frenetic - often shambolic - structural clutters have transcended into deftly conspired new wave romanticism and although their debut's impulsive lust has been lost, a renewed sense of longevity is embedded within the album's intricate rhythmic arrangements.
A smattering of their former hedonistic selves lurks in the feverous carnage of What Were The Reasons but tracks like the Starsky & Hutch-esque Are Others and So Tough are so tightly entwined in a fusion of funk-bleeding guitar tussles and gulping synth strains you'd struggle to accredit such dashing tunesmiths to the demented Fuck Me Mummy I Feel Ugly.
Album highlight Going Native perfectly exemplifies this new direction; dark, brooding and escalating in ferocity, it's M&TA at their most lyrically brutal and sonically rapacious. Much like all the finest dames, Mother seems to only get better with age. [Billy Hamilton]