Les chiens sont lâchés, le nouveau mini LP de FRUSTRATION « Full of Sorrow » ne fait pas dans la dentelle…. Bref, des morceaux virils et puissants au service d’un post punk/Cold punk qui tabasse….Vous n’avez qu’à penser à WARSAW meet WIRE meet the FALL et vous aurez déjà une idée assez précise de leur univers musical, bref, tendue et cérebral.
Rajoutez-y, une violence tout en retenue, et une démence qui font défaut aux usurpateurs actuels qui se revendiquent de ces groupes, un vrai chanteur qui chante, des drums fébriles et asthmatiques qui feraient passer la batteuse d’ESG pour Christian Vander, des synthés dégénérés qui vous font mal à la tête, une guitare incisive comme la lame d’un cran et vous aurez compris que Frustration est l’antithèse de ces groupes étudiants d’art-school inoffensifs et chichiteux sensés incarner un médiatique « Retour du rock’n roll ».
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Add to their explosive cocktail the tension of retained violence and madness (giving the lie to certain current groups who claim the same legacy), a real singer who knows his craft, agitated spasmodic drums that make the drummer of ESG look like Christian Vander of Magma, and degenerate keyboards that will leave your head aching. You will realize that FRUSTRATION is the antithesis of those lame art-school boys who are allegedly the new media-friendly “return of rock n roll”.Powerful, potent songs yield a brutal post-punk sound. Just imagine WARSAW meet WIRE meet the FALL and you will already have a good idea of their musical universe.
The dogs are loose: the new mini-LP from FRUSTRATION, “Full of Sorrow”, is cutting loose with a raw energy.
Maybe you don’t give a shit, but we’ll tell you anyway: the members of FRUSTRATION have played in these groups: ANTEENAGERS MC, WARUM JOE, NO TALENTS, TECKELS, OPERATION S and LES TERRIBLES.
credits
released January 16, 2006
Artwork – baldo
Bass, Vocals – Manu
Composed By, Performer – Frustration
Drums, Vocals – Marc
Guitar – Nikus
Lead Vocals – Fabrice
Photography By [Inside] – Annabelle (5)
Producer – François Marché (tracks: 1 to 5), Stéphane Bodin (tracks: 1 to 5)
Producer [Assistant] – Benoît Rapetti (tracks: 1 to 5)
Producer [Credited To] – Bosco (tracks: 1 to 5)
Synthesizer – Fred
Track 6 is a CD bonus track and was recorded live in Paris at the Glaz'Art.
Powerful, potent songs yield a brutal post-punk sound. Just imagine WARSAW meet WIRE meet the FALL and you will already have a good idea of their musical universe.
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