Album Review: ILS - Curse (2020)
Photo Credit: Tom Glose / ILS ILS - Curse Release: July 04, 2020 Label: pogorecords Format: Vinyl / Digital Length: 28:53 Genre: Noise Rock / Disaster Chic Rock Origin: Portland (Oregon) , USA Are you ready to get steamrolled? Well, you better are because here are ILS (pronounced "ilz") from Portland, Oregon. ILS play Disaster Chic Rock. "What's a Disaster Chic Rock?", you may ask. I would describe it as a nihilist version of Noise Rock with influence from Powerviolence, Hardcore Punk, Sludge, and some Math Rock. CLICK HERE FOR THE MUSIC VIDEO OF THE TRACK 'NO LUCK' (opens in new tab) On ten tracks, none of them longer than three-and-a-half minutes ILS set exactly one pace: straight forward. Drummer Tim Steiner s works create a chequered and brutal backbone between intense mosh passages and intelligent changes of metre. The massive soundscape above by Adam Pike (bass) and Nate Abner (guitar) varies between sonorous Sludge riffs, unexpected and shriek...