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...crying wolf. There’s no towering cone of lava spewing forth the end of the world. Instead, there’s “Beautiful Seizure,” the debut album from the latest exclamation-turned-band to rumble out of the underground...
...Beautiful Seizure,” the band hurls themselves through 12 tracks of schizophonia that will have you savoring each disjointed moment, not knowing which electric yelp will be their last...
...album chronicles a battle between Volcano!’s many explosive elements. “Fire Fire” catches the band at a lull, with carefully articulated guitar and foot-tapping drum rhythms working towards a flurry into post-hardcore virtuosity reminiscent of a relaxed Fugazi. That is, until the vocals jump back in halfway through and take the entire song down a deranged stream of consciousness (including sing-spat references to “the nape of my neck” and “my nipple and breast”) ending in yet another clash between...
...That’s Amore,” runs it through a few electronic filters, and hops it up on acid. The vocals wander alone for a while before the drums and guitar jump back in, this time with electronics back up, forcing the band into “Red and White Bells,” the nine-minute nightmare opus of the album...
...wait! Volcano! is not done. No, rather than fade away, the album burns out in a raucous avalanche of sound as war cry, battleaxe guitar, and rolling drums crash down in a violent mess. Just when it seems as though Vesuvius has blown, the band returns to the twinkling calm of the first track, leaving exhausted listeners wondering if the past insane hour of gorgeous convulsions actually happened...