Eternal Home

進化し続けるカオス極まりないエクスペリメンタル・エレクトロニック女性アーティスト!!

これまでも多彩な名義でカオス極まりないディスコグラフィーを築き上げてきたシカゴの女性プロデューサー / ソング・ライターANGEL MARCLOID によるプロジェクトFIRE-TOOLZ。様々な名義、コラボレーションを経て加速し続けるプロジェクトの、これまでのアルバムの中で最も長く、最も野心的なアルバムの誕生!

VAPORWAVEな導入部からエモーショナル極まりないフュージョン / A.O.R.なギターとアーバンなサックスが炸裂する"SHENPA INDICATOR LIGHT!!!"など、その圧倒的質量と密度にブッ飛ぶこと間違いナシ!

メタリックなギターリフに、ドラマティックなドローン・レイヤー、パンクロックの初期衝動、エクストリームなヴォーカル、ピュアな電子音楽、そしてアンビエント、インダストリアル、ニューエイジ、グラインド・コア、ミュージック・コンクレート、ドリーム・ポップ、パワーバイオレンス、ブラック・メタル、ビデオゲーム・ミュージック、VAPORWAVEと多彩な音楽的要素がカオスな音楽ジャンルのスープとなりアナタに襲いかかります!

Angel Marcloids seventh album as Fire-Toolz is a 78-minute double LP, making it the projects most ambitious release so far, which is saying a lot, considering how vast her sonic palette has always been, and how shes explored such heavy concepts with her work. She explains the albums title by stating that Heaven is our Eternal Home, but that the conscious experience of it is a state of mind and it has nothing to do with the afterlife or religious theology. Her musics constant juxtaposition of extremities signifies that despite all the conflict and traumatic experiences in her life, she is always safe at home. By this point, Marcloids fusion of progressive metal arrangements, black metal howling, and vaporwave textures (including smooth jazz sax soloing) is second nature for her, and she executes every time change, cathartic scream, and sparkling synth tone with finesse and passion. Yet she continues to surprise even longtime listeners with unexpected shifts and additions, while potentially drawing in new fans with her most accessible songwriting to date. Apart from a few longer suites, most of the songs are fairly brief, yet packed with ideas. Yearning = Alchemical Fire is a catchy industrial synth pop number with perky synth melodies, and Shenpa Indicator Light!!! progresses from clean vocals, stuttering beats, and aired-out saxophone to an easy listening drillnbass nightmare in two-and-a-half minutes. A brilliant stretch of songs during the albums midsection lean closer into alternative rock influences than Marcloids previous work, with Thick_flowy_glowy_sparkly_stingy_pain.mpeg having a dramatic mall-goth sway, and Where On EARTH Is My Sacchidānanda? somehow managing to blend screamo, shoegaze, and billowing ambient loops without sounding confusing. Window 2 Window 2 Window 2 Window 2 Window is an especially frenetic collision of electro-industrial, glitchy noise, and hyperpop, while others like This Particular Universe Is Friendly ;) insert panic-stricken post-hardcore breakdowns into cuddly new age. Chaotic yet tightly controlled, Eternal Home is boundlessly creative, and up there with Skinless X-1 as Marcloids best work. ~ Paul Simpson