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Mass Market Misery
Wasp Factory Recordings
Posted: Thursday, September 28, 2006
By: Lola S. Batling
Writer and Hypnotist
By: Lola S. Batling
Writer and Hypnotist
Like evil uncles who play doctor? How about murderous robots? Then you'll want to check out Freudstein's latest because we all need some Mass Market Misery.
Freudstein's Mass Market Misery is a nightmarish sideshow showcasing the strange and the macabre. In their usual fashion, the band gives listeners more horror film sounds mixed with electronic beats that's exquisitely put together in this horrific soundscape.
This UK based band is trying to do something entirely literate yet scary with their second album. Pulling from Germanic sounds, they set to music a psychotic story (or several) that echoes of some classic gothic novels. Starting with "Return to the Old Forest," a carnival-esque track, you can almost see possessed killer clowns creeping out of your speakers, setting the stage for the rest of the album. In true carnival fashion, the beats remain bouncy while couching some especially dark lyrics on "Robots Pt 2: Murder Spate." It really makes you wonder what robots are up to.
Mass Market Mistery comes back hard from their debut, Mondo Freudo, carrying over the story of "Filthy Little Whore Pt. 1" from that album, and continued here with "Filthy Little Whore Pt. 2." The "Intro to Filthy Little Whore Pt. 2." is a spoken word track, eerie and disturbingly reminiscent of King Diamond's Abigail; over two minutes of torturous talk that befalls a pretty maiden.
Not all is dark and gloomy, for "Sister Sleaze" is an instant stripper classic with a hypnotic rhythm and sultry lyrics. The album culminates in "Laura," a slow and mournful song that feels like the natural end to this dark anthology of stories. Interesting to note is that the two singers, David Else and Andrew Bridge, sound like Marilyn Manson at times and Chris Barnes of Cannibal Corpse and Six Feet Under at others.
As a whole, the band seems to have a mission to be as creepy as possible with this new, harder, darker, and more twisted set of tracks, which they accomplish beautifully. If you wish everyday could be Halloween, then you'll want to pick up Mass Market Misery.
This UK based band is trying to do something entirely literate yet scary with their second album. Pulling from Germanic sounds, they set to music a psychotic story (or several) that echoes of some classic gothic novels. Starting with "Return to the Old Forest," a carnival-esque track, you can almost see possessed killer clowns creeping out of your speakers, setting the stage for the rest of the album. In true carnival fashion, the beats remain bouncy while couching some especially dark lyrics on "Robots Pt 2: Murder Spate." It really makes you wonder what robots are up to.
Mass Market Mistery comes back hard from their debut, Mondo Freudo, carrying over the story of "Filthy Little Whore Pt. 1" from that album, and continued here with "Filthy Little Whore Pt. 2." The "Intro to Filthy Little Whore Pt. 2." is a spoken word track, eerie and disturbingly reminiscent of King Diamond's Abigail; over two minutes of torturous talk that befalls a pretty maiden.
Not all is dark and gloomy, for "Sister Sleaze" is an instant stripper classic with a hypnotic rhythm and sultry lyrics. The album culminates in "Laura," a slow and mournful song that feels like the natural end to this dark anthology of stories. Interesting to note is that the two singers, David Else and Andrew Bridge, sound like Marilyn Manson at times and Chris Barnes of Cannibal Corpse and Six Feet Under at others.
As a whole, the band seems to have a mission to be as creepy as possible with this new, harder, darker, and more twisted set of tracks, which they accomplish beautifully. If you wish everyday could be Halloween, then you'll want to pick up Mass Market Misery.
