Canvas certainly want to create something of their own, something new and I must say they are very successful in doing what they are doing. If I look back in the past I remember their first full length which was awesome and than also their split CD with Hard to Swallow which was so brutal and hellish that I couldn't even listen it. It seems that with each album they want to do something totally different and with this album they managed to do a huge step out. This is so chaotic!!! It's not that metal as it used to be because they used also some rock elements but otherwise this is total mess. Vocal is from time to time hysterical screamy but mainly it sounds like if the singer doesn't have a will to sing anymore. He's using some strange and very uncool technics of singing. Their songs are pretty long and it's like there are more songs in each song. Rhythms are very changeable. There is also lots of other elements in their music like piano, violin, flute, synthesiser, lots of samplers and even some rave. I must say that this is fuckin psychedelic art. It can be really dark and scary sometimes and their riffs are so strange that.....it's like some illusion from your worst nightmare. I don't know why, but when I'm listening this I'm thinking like this is music for hippies. Don't ask why!!! The lyrics are pretty reflecting with their music - they are very messy, emotional and written in a dark way.
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