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December 2012
December 2012
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Venetic: Deadman Road

By Alistair Wickens
Listening to this fourth release by Venetic I’d be prepared to bet that Wayne Stuart McCallum, the writer and producer behind the Venetic magic is, like me, a big fan of Sonic Youth’s ‘Dirty’ album. The ‘Deadman Road’ sound is similar to that era of Sonic Youth - not the long fuzzy bits filled with feedback, more the lo-fi, low-key stuff that meanders along, working its way through moments of genius and interesting constructions. Recognisable but not so derivative that it detracts from what Venetic is trying to do. The songs catch your attention without a whole lot of bells, whistles and frilly bits; the lyrics are interesting and at times humorous in a dark, tongue-in-cheek way that I also like. This is an album does that grow on you and deserves repeat plays.
 

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