we need a hill
‘The need for a hill would mark the tremendous amount of growth The Secession Movement has made to the peak of their style which is best culminated in the band?s sophomore release.
At the very least, the band?s musical merits have warranted being place on a pedestal.
?We Need a Hill? towers over the art-punk sounds of the debut album ?a-k-?dem-ik.? While both remain equally brilliant in their own rights, The Movement?s most current release takes the loudness and the noise that characterized the band into a more focused and soothing light.
As opposed to most art-punk, The Secession Movement never comes off as pretentious or misunderstand, not even on the rawest tracks of ?a-k-?demic.? Rather, the songs are quite pleasurable and inspired. This depiction only gets clearer as ?We Need a Hill? progresses.
That statement may be a bit misleading, though because the album wastes absolutely no time at all. It hits fast and hard from the first track, ?Screaming About Girls,? which is arguably the best song on the album.
While most of the tracks continue in this pattern and slow only a bit towards the end, there is little to no noise or dissonance. ?We Need a Hill? takes the sounds and math rock time signatures of post-punk bands such as Slint and Hoover and cleans it up. The result is desirable and effective.
Nick Kessler?s fervently paced fret work on the bass work barely edges out the other elaborate instrumental parts as the glue that holds the band together. No one person dominates overall, though. The album is equal parts good writing and good mixing.
The most notable improvement for this release would have to be David Downham?s voice. It seemed like on the first album, he was trying a little too hard to prove something. It was a bit forced. On the current release, the music has also grown to fit around his voice. The vocals and instruments on ?a-k-?dem-ik? were good but there was a missing piece that was found for ?We Need a Hill.?
The most notable tracks on this album would probably be ?Bleeding its Purpose,? and Tortoise-with-vocals sound of ?We are Prone.?
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