[kj] Short review of "In Excelsis" by someone who may have heard it...

[Alexander Smith]

If that is the cover, it makes KJ2003 look positively iconic.

Alex in NYC


On May 28, 2010, at 5:52 PM, phil wrote:


> Surely that can't be the cover art, can it?

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> They really need to give Mr Coles a call....

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> On Fri, 28 May 2010 09:57:20 -0500, you wrote:

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>> http://www.glasswerk.co.uk/reviews/national/9096/Killing+Joke

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>> Can someone please explain the "pop-top" graphic? Is there  

>> significance in the orientation?:

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>> Anticipation could well run high for Killing joke this year. After  

>> a successful reformation and some live dates played to pleased  

>> crowds – they are now releasing this Ep followed by a full album  

>> later in the year.

>> The ‘In Excelsis’ EP, does plenty of justice for hardcore fans, and  

>> is perhaps an indication of what is yet to come. The few tracks we  

>> are presented with here recall the time in the early 80’s when punk  

>> and that darker side of rock was starting to hit its prime. It had  

>> really found its feet and yet there was still room for plenty of  

>> experimentation.

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>> Killing Joke found their feet along time ago and are sure footed  

>> here – but again full of experimentation. A lot of the success is  

>> down to their leading man’s style of singing. Age may have made his  

>> voice sound all the gruffer, but if anything it fits the music all  

>> the better. The track “In Excelsis” shows his willingness to spend  

>> an entire song almost roaring down the mic.

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>> “Endgame” is a relentlessly grungier sounding track. Anyone worried  

>> that Killing Joke may come back with something altogether softer  

>> this late in their career can we reaffirmed that this record is  

>> much heavier.

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>> “Kali Yuga” is a return to the punkier edge and gives Coleman a  

>> chance to call out his lyrics over the meandering Bass and guitar.

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>> The Ep ends with also reggae beat in “Ghosts of Ladbroke Grove.” It  

>> is much more mellow in it’s music- almost soulful – whilst the  

>> lyrics are a combination of haunted whispers, and angry rant.

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>> There is also the addition of a Dub version of this song at the end  

>> of the EP. All of these songs are taken from the sessions for the  

>> forthcoming KJ album ‘XIII: Feast Of Fools’, due on Sept 6th. “In  

>> Excelsis” is a welcome return.

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