REVIEW: TRANCE TO THE SUN - ATROCIOUS VIRGIN

 

TRANCE TO THE SUN - ATROCIOUS VIRGIN (Precipice Recordings - 2001): Strange band coming Santa Bárbara, California. Strange sound is the one that we have here. They have a really good use of disonances (are those notes in the beginning of "Sleeping with the Natives" flat ninths?). Really good female vocals ! Very different from what one could expect…they are more whispering, more twisted. There are also a lot of electronic elements in this CD that make the result even more weird, the guitars are distortes in an industrial way and the bass has a really particular sound. I had not listened anything from this band before, but this really surprised me,. Is not a recording so easy to listen, but if you listen to it very carefully many times, you will always find different things. I liked a lot the sound of the recording, done in the Lions Den Studios and mastered in the Soundscape Studios by Robert Rich. Excelent band to sit and listen carefully trying to analize all the different aspects that make their music. Favorite tracks: "Thistle Lurid", "Map of the Lost" and "Terrible Parties". Contact: precipice@mindspring.com or www.trancetothesun.com