Jesu :: Conqueror
there are some things that i’ve just never been able to take sides on. but since there’s nothing quite as offensive as the fence sitter, my tastes have sought out—since as early as i can remember, really—that which lives in the margins. now don’t you worry there; this is no ode to obscurity (though maybe one to extremes). i don’t for a moment doubt that many of you rest your black metal epics nonchalantly next to twee sixties bubblegum romps and hallucinogenic teutonic dirges. but how often do you hear your musical worlds collide on one record, and so perfectly? friends, i’d like to introduce to you: Jesu.
it’s really quite simple. so much so in fact, that i almost can’t believe it wasn’t done before. sure we’ve had the LOUD and the *beautiful* before, but were Codeine or My Bloody Valentine ever quite so brutal? ah, to have been privy to this eureka moment! disciples of the heavy-slow and the fast-fast will surely genuflect at the name Justin Broadrick (Godflesh, Napalm Death), but that needn’t put anyone else off. because who hasn’t before felt at once so radiant and yet, oppressed? music for the fiendish and forlorn. but for man or for monster? i think we are both.
Conqueror
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hiram said on monday, march 03rd, 2008
johnny said on tuesday, march 04th, 2008
great song. this reminds me of HUM, but not as 90’s dated.
so many textures, so little time.
joshua said on wednesday, march 05th, 2008
Someday I will tell you all about the year or two of my life during which I only listened to music slower than eighty beats per minute. Loving this wintersong…
Hey thanks for this. I’ve been ignoring Jesu for awhile and I actually reallly liked this. Godflesh’s first album scared the bejesus out of me as a 14 year old. That means I loved it a lot.