Kommunity FK - The Vision And The Voice download free

If JOY DIVISION had hailed from the USA they might have sounded like these. They have the strength, determination and at least a spoonful of the cold concrete wasteland atmosphere but the vocalist's voice is a lot lighter, less dread-filled Goth-ish but more tonal than CURTIS's. Still, the sound is overall authentic, the rich, leading bass and spatial drums combine well with the electronics and voice. And they can put a decent, hooky song together (as reflected in the anthemic "We Will Not Fall" most obviously). "Bullets" has a much more experimental electronic sound with BOWIE inflections to the voice. Darkish Indie Rock with atmosphere & weird/cold imagery. The electronics give the overall sound an atmosphere which can only be described as Industrial, although the music itself would have pleased an audience in the late 70s / early 80s and would hae received copious airplay via PEELY. It's still nice to hear this style today, and, despite the richer studio production, they have still managed to capture a feeling which came and went in such a short time. As a retro band, they deserve to be heard and lauded, but if they feel they are original, they are clearly deluding themselves. Even the closing track, which is a berzerker thrash, keeps the Punk flag flying. But, overall, a good, tight set which would be great to experience live. Originally reviewed for Soft Watch.