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Artist |
Osker |
| Title |
Idle Will Kill |
| Label |
Epitaph Records |
| Reviewer |
Vinnie Apicella |
| Rating |
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How does a band move from being irresponsibly outrageous and ornery to
basically grown up overnight, producing something more befitting of
a group that's logged thousands more miles than this still youthful two
full albums to their credit and suddenly veteran-styled performance as
with "Idle Will Kill?" Surely the maturation process couldn't have set
in that quickly? Now I'm not saying that Osker, currently a two-some,
doesn't conjure up their fair share of noise and pressure the joints
every now and again, just not so often as before. The music's grown as
the band, recently of their late teens, now possessing a character
that's a combination of flighty Punk anthems, cautious Pop melodies and
an inch or two of Post-Modern tripping up the past all the
while -- "Patience," a soft-slow starter that leads into "Strangled," one
of the more earnest of the lot, then "Animal," a lyrically emotional
slant that's a misleading stray from the title, and "Motionless," a bit
of the rougher edged variety, definitely single material.
Most of what we're
getting on "Idle Will Kill" fall in a mid-tempo range, always emotional,
usually catchy and broadly appealing as they extend their boundaries
with an artistically fulfilling display that'll surprise some while
undoubtedly spurring Osker's future growth that much further.
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Robert R. Lewis
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