boy, what the hell just hit me? that or something very similar was the initial thought that came to my mind after i listened to the first tunes of this record. but let's start from the outset. hanging around at burnout store hamburg i stumbled upon the cover of the first and self-titled cynarae album. not long before i read an entry on some blog about this record, stating it was peculiar and heavy.
a little curious, because that description leaves a lot of space for interpretation, i pulled the record out of the rack and made my way to the next turntable. i dropped the needle and then it just... well, you know what i thought. this washington state band plays some pretty hefty and crusty shade of hardcore. dark, fast and angry. check out 'prescribed burn' and be sure to fasten your seat belt.
the whole album clocks in just under the twenty minutes mark. thus the album fits on one side of a 12" record. someone involved in the process of making the record, band or label, or whoever it was seemed to think it might be funny to press the songs played backwards on side two. peculiar, indeed. just as the cover art. what is this? anyway, the vinyl colour is a pretty good match. 'bark/bone' mix, or brown with white merge. a389 records. 2012.
