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Beyondlessis the 4th LP fromIceage. This record radiates joy. Pay attention to the journey, fromNew Brigade, a juvenile delinquent take on post-punk, full
of cold, distant condemnation, and onto the ecstasy ofYoure Nothing, shedding the more aggressive hardcore influence and dragging in more light, a tendency followed onPlowing Into The Field Of Love. The intoxication is consistent, this has always been drunk music, but its less a stumbling confusion and more a sturdy heartfelt confession with each record. They have finally caught up with their ambition. Their entire charm has always rested in their running ahead of themselves with blind confidence, taunting you to follow and you follow because wherever they are going is vital, is alive; onBeyondlessthey are treading with an assurance that is disarming, but there is no loss of charm, you are arm in arm now, whispering intimacies. Intimacies that recall other intimacies: something must have happened whenIceageheardGun ClubMiami. Some traumatic event! A wild band has not been tamed, but is in repose, retaining an edge but expressing something less definite, something about hurt or longing or regret. Letting in the light, the joy radiates. They are post post-punk,Beyondlessretains the rich character of their brash beginnings, but this is something beyond, oh hell, this is something very, very special, a generous gift for an anemic age.
Video for album trackThe Day The Music Dies
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