The Guillotine, by Hey Colossus

The Guillotine

by Hey Colossus

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Lute FP Well this is damn good. I’m struggling to describe it, but here goes: Birthday Party era Nick Cave arthouse post punk with a stoner rock vibe to the production. Whew!

The bass drives the music and there is considerable variety between the songs. They tag it as, among others, psychedelic rock, and while I’m not sure I hear it, this lines up nicely with other recent standout additions to my collection like Hochen, Dreamtime, and Black Rainbows, who also use that tag. So maybe it’s just me.

Wez Barber As great as, if not greater than, the two previous albums. Simply awesome. A new sonic youth? Favorite track: Back In The Room.

eldudowski the new one In Blood has sent me creeping back to The Guillotine like a chastised penitent. more appreciation for Sykes, and the sheer craft involved in assembling these songs. the furious whirlwind nested at the heart of Back in the Room, the righteous shade of Englishman. Favorite track: Englishman.

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1.	Honest To God 04:54	buy track
2.	Back In The Room 07:07	buy track
3.	Calenture Boy 04:51	buy track
4.	Experts Toll 03:20	buy track
5.	Potions 05:02	buy track
6.	Englishman 04:18	buy track
7.	In A Collision 05:03	buy track
8.	The Guillotine 07:24	buy track

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released June 2, 2017

HEY COLOSSUS - THE GUILLOTINE

Hey Colossus have undergone a spectacular metamorphosis in the last three years - the 2015 Rocket Recordings double-drop of ‘In Black And Gold’ and ‘Radio Static High’ displayed not only a band with a work rate to put most all their contemporaries to shame, but one arriving at an atmospheric and rewarding sound with as much flair for the beguiling as the barbaric.

Changes may have been afoot in the Hey Colossus camp, yet their latest transmission ‘The Guillotine’ marks another peak for an innovative force in the realm of heavy amplification. Darker and more brooding than their recent work, it’s also perhaps their most richly melodic to date - the interplay of their three guitar lineup has never sounded more fluent than on these eight songs, nor their songcraft more well-defined.

This is a record whose alchemical charge arrives from a reinvention of loud rock shapes into forms both feral and fresh - whilst Hey Colossus can still bludgeon with overamped vigour, as on the hypnotic and devastating krautrock-Jesus-Lizard hybrid of ‘Back In The Room’ they can also deliver the dusky and haunting waltz-time serenade of ‘Calenture Boy’ with uncompromising fortitude, with the new-found confidence and allure of Paul Sykes’ vocals at the forefront.

These menacing and immersive songs chronicle a band exploring a unique sound and invigorating approach in a decade in which cliches and genre pieces in the realm of the psychedelic have frequently surrounded - here the six-piece find themselves transcending the limitations of the underground scene from whence they came, whilst exposing the paucity of inspiration in much of the guitar-rock mainstream. Hey Colossus are at their sharpest, and none will survive ‘The Guillotine’.

Recorded and mixed by Ben Turner.

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Hey Colossus are an English rock band formed in 2003. The group has undergone several lineup changes, revolving around founding members Joe Thompson and Robert Davis.

The band is characterised by its ‘heavy’ sound, DIY ethic, prolific output, and stylistic experimentation. ... more

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