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Religious Knives
The Door Ecstatic Peace! Records

Article written by Ged M - Nov 1, 2008

Religious Knives: The Door

Easily the best release on Ecstatic Peace! so far. It starts with a pop-psych groove, ends up drenched in a Joy Division-ish existential angst and the ghost of a restless Nico (channelled by Maya Miller’s haunted voice) stomps all through the middle of it. Maya Miller and Michael Bernstein were once part of New York noisemakers Double Leopards but more recently have followed their own dark trail, adding Nate Nelson on drums and Todd Cavello on sinister bass. While you might hear elements of a rock past in their music, the constituent parts are broken down and rebuilt in their own image and the new model is propelled by relentless rhythms, surging synths and bold guitar strokes. ‘On A Drive’ has an oppressive beauty, like the bruised cloud tones of gathering thunderheads, all grumbling and shadowy, while the psychedelic drone-rock of ‘The Storm’ is doomy and rumbling but oddly exhilarating. The album has only six tracks but each is a cracker, the compelling noise of a pop apocalypse.

Links:
http://www.religiousknives.com/
http://www.ecstaticpeace.com/artist.php?id=24
http://www.myspace.com/religi0usknives