Over The Edge Page 8

January 26, 1998

By Divine Right
All Hail Discordia

(Nettwerk)

BY DIVINE rabble

ALL HAIL DISCORDIA

The newest outing by By

Divine Right, All Hail
Discordia, is an energetic
album. The sound is reminis-
cent of other bands, but they
do not have a continuously
sound. Perhaps after seven
years the time is right for By
Divine Right to emerge onto
the mainstream scene with a
sound that, while reminiscent
of past bands, is all it’s own,
then again perhaps they
need another couple of
months to get their sound
together.

The history of By Divine
Right is long and involved.
Lead singer/guitarist/song-
writer Jose Contreras and
drummer Mark Goldstein
have been together since
1990 and since their humble
beginnings have released a
cassette and two CD’s prior
to All Hail Discordia.

After listening to “highway
alien paranoia” and “compli-
cated” one knows’ why
Discordia is being hailed on
this album; these
purposely disharmo-
nious pieces supply
an interesting con-
trast to other pieces
on the album, such
as “double album”
and “l.d.s.c.” which
have complex and
involved harmonies
and pay no homage
to Discordia whatso-
ever. By Divine Right
plays with different
effects which, while

sometimes resulting in a new
and pleasant sound, usually
just frustrate and annoy the
listener.
Perhaps they
feel that creat-
1 ing new chords
is a good thing,
and that an out
of tune pipe
=+ organ is the
=| only kind to

4 play. The song
“uncontam-
inable” is a per-
fect example -of
one of their
misguided
musical
attempts. On
their journey to
a new and vital sound By
Divine Right took a wrong
turn at dis-interesting and
disharmonious. Perhaps
some of the distant and
strange sounds’ which
accompany various tracks
are due to the fact that the
entire album was recorded in
a cottage near Gravenhurst,
Ontario.

There are some pieces
which have emotion but by
and large this band has noth-
ing new to say and doesn’t
bother to even try. Like every-
thing this band has some
bright spots, but needs to
stick to the sound that works
for them, eventually they may
come upon a sound which
also works for them, but until
they find it they should leave
the failed attempts off of their
albums.

-Nicole Larson

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autour de lucie
immobile
(Nettwerk)

“Qui est la?” Valerie Leuillot

(vocals, acoustic guitar),
Fabrice Dumont (bass,
vocals), and Jean-Pierre

Ensuque (electric guitars),
have just released their sec-
ond album “Immobile.” Their
fresh new sound reflect the
everyday’ activities and
motions of their lives in Paris,
France. This album gives us
a taste of Paris, due to the
city’s influence over the band
and their music. Since the
release of their first album
(self titled), released in 1996
autour de lucie have been
turning the heads of many
fans of French culture, lan-
guage, and music. This com-
pact disk has an excellent
sound that can be enjoyed by
anyone despite their lan-
guage preferences. An
understanding of French is
handy into to find the specific
message or story being told
by the songs, but the music
expresses the feeling more
than sufficiently.

- Magda Vince

- geo -

Dude Ranch
(Cargo\Universal) For three
guys who met at an annual
Future Proctologists of
America camping trip, dis-
covering their similar tastes
for songs involving such
enlightening themes such as
friends, girls, life and chronic
diarrhea, Blink 182 has had a
beautiful success. Still up

and coming, the San Diego
band, consisting of Mark
Hoppus (Bass, Vocals), Tom
Delonge (Guitar, Vocals) and
Scott Raynor (Drums) caters
to such scenes as the surfers
skaters and snowboarders.

Kept styling by Bilabong, the
band continually tours in
Taylor Steele’s surf video
tours and in both the '96 and
97 Warped Tour. Previously,
Blink 182 has released 7”
albums, with their first full
length album, Cheshire Cat
released through Cargo
Music in 1994. By 1996, the
band had signed with MCA
as well, and were on their
way to success. Their new
album Dude Ranch, demon-
strates this grind toward the
top. With song titles such as
“Pathetic”, “Dammit”, “Josie”,
“Degenerate”, and “I’m
Sorry”, they seem to capture
a little piece of life, but man-
age to keep it
carefree and fun.
Despite the
supersonic
speed of their
tunes, they still
keep a rhythm
which brings the
songs together
as well as lyrics
which mean
something to any
willing ear, giving
them a compila-
tion which is not

easily repro-
duced.
- Kevin Milos