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Trencher: When Dracula Thinks "Look At Me"

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by Mike Diver
A co-release across some six (that’s six) labels, self-proclaimed Casio-grind trio Trencher’s ‘When Dracula Thinks “Look At Me”’ is the sort of record that’ll give half its listeners cold-sweat and vomit inducing nightmares, and the other sick, sick half the wettest dreams of their lives. It’s wrong, all wrong, yet so, so right. It’s music to watch a mangling by – the soundtrack to some non-existent film about a murderer who gets off by twisting his victim’s body into a pretzel-shaped mess of broken bone and severed flesh. It will, eventually, make you physically sick, like eating as many Mars bars as there are hours in the day in one ten-minute sitting. But you’ll love it, and then lap it all up again as you would your own hot, chocolatey spew.

Unless, of course, you’re one of those close-minded people who won't dip someone else's toe, let alone your own, into the pond of musical experimentation in which Trencher reside. Fine, you stick to your mall rock and corporate emo, but we’ll know where the passion and the fury really is. It’s right here – 14 tracks in 17 minutes. Nothing but gargled screams, fucked-up keys and the maddest drumming this side of Animal if he was infected a la those blood-spitting freaks in '28 Days Later'. Trencher make The Locust sound as lightweight as Counting Crows (but with better hair), and a driverless bulldozer crashing through a bus depot full of passengers as graceful as Mozart. The song titles are as mad as the music itself – 'Illuminated Dead', 'Dead At Work' and 'Hispanic Telepathy Attack' leaping off the cover like flys fleeing a spent corpse. Sound crap to you? Fine, don’t buy it; it’s your decision. Loser.

Me? I’ve just found an excuse to go to bed early at night. Best dig out that plastic undersheet though, and fetch a bucket. I feel a gut-rot coming on.

  • Trencher 9 / 10

Trencher - When Dracula Thinks "Look At Me"

Either this is some advanced form of irony, or you're shitting us with the Locust comparison.

Or?


Re: Trencher - When Dracula Thinks "Look At Me"

I don't know what irony is.
Basically, Trencher are like The Locust's troublesome little brothers - not as big or brash, but ten-times as evil.

Re: Trencher - When Dracula Thinks "Look At Me"

Quality review! Probably the only time I'll EVER see the Counting Crows and The Locust in the same sentence too. Have yet to hear this record but if it really is sicker than the Locust then I'll have to gaffa tape my ears on for fear of them tearing themselves off my head and running away screaming! I expect.

Re: Trencher - When Dracula Thinks "Look At Me"

It's brilliant, really.
Buy some gaffer tape already.

Re: Trencher - When Dracula Thinks "Look At Me"

thank you.i produced the album.awesome combo

Re: Trencher - When Dracula Thinks "Look At Me"

Whoa...
Year flashback...
Good work sir.

Trencher - When Dracula Thinks "Look At Me"

go trencher. whether its sicker or not then the locust is pretty hard to tell, id say less b-movie and high pitched. i prefer trencher anyway. ansd where are you gonna be able to get this?

Re: Trencher - When Dracula Thinks "Look At Me"

You can order it from Jonson Family - www.jonsonfamily.com

Sorted.




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