WOLF EYES
Human Animal
Sub Pop
· Strange animals lurk in the company of wolves.
Melding together heavily experimental noise and hypnotic industrial soundscapes, Michigan’s Wolf Eyes have made a name for themselves by doing what few bands are willing to – take a chance. Stepping out on to the virtual ledge, the electrified trio throws caution and melody to the dogs, favouring metallic clunks, digitized shrieks, radio static and other unintelligible blather. Having established a chillingly mechanical esthetic with their previous albums Slicer, Dread, Burned Mind, Fuck Pete Larsen and, of course, Black Vomit, their pixilated vision of the world continues to perpetuate itself on this unsettling album as ominous percussion and sonic dissonance disintegrate into lugubrious spoken word pieces and tinnitus-inducing high-pitched whistles.
From the haunting whale songs of "Leper War" to the crystalline ambience of "The Driller" to the Nine Inch Nails inspired "Rusted Mange," Wolf Eyes’s Human Animal claws at the coattails of albums like Tool’s Aenima and Skinny Puppy’s Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate. However, the album lacks the skill set and sense of style that made those titles so great. This groping instrumental nightmare ultimately has more in common with the soundtrack to your latest Japanese-inspired horror flick.
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