INTERSTELLAR OVERTROVE

Pretty complicated and overdriven as well but more emotional, sentimental, and reflective than ever. I've been immersed in "Skullgrid" and shaken by their complexity and flexibility, but no excessive metallic keypoint notifies me that the current formation should be their intention and themselves. From the beginning of the first attack "Hot For Emotions" their quirky speedy percussive beats and strict guitar playings are fully open. Sorry but I'm always wondering if their precise instrumental combination might depend on tape operations or effects (they make no faking operation at all, FOR SURE) and I'm saying their instrumental / interval techniques are incredibly brilliant and excellent. On the other hand, it's also true that their 'emotion, sentiment, or reflection' makes their music more difficult and less melodical. This album "Interstellar Overtrove" should be in front of us for our enjoying their enthusiastic rhythmic measures and their introverted circumstances nowadays.

The situation around them can be heard especially via "Echoes Of Deletion", featuring repetitive plaintive melodic streams and irregular tribal, ethnic percussion foundation. We can feel surrealism and inner-mindfulness through such a mysterious timbre essence in the instrumental track. The one-man-show of percussion is even magical and ritual, that reminds me they might have strayed into a blind alley or something under the tough situation all around the world. However, some breaths of air and slight melodic hopes in the epilogue "SETI: The Search For Entertaining Terrestrial Incompetence" will stabilize our inner mind. Particularly in the middle part, acoustic guitar performances are quite romantic and dramatic. Beautiful aroma of guitar sounds will come up with a comfortable act for the audience as previously. The last guitar reverberation makes us expect their (and our) future brightness. 2024 has got started with some bad, terrible incidents and accidents in Japan but we should look and walk forward without turning back, as they say in this superb creation.