Ides of Gemini - Constantinople
Now that The Devil’s Blood and Blood Ceremony have made a combined $8, rest assured we’re bound to see a gaggle of imitators clamoring for a piece of that fortune. In all fairness to this trio, I’m sure they were each involved in boring, recondite projects long before The Devil’s Blood hit our shores, but since no one cares… I will say, at least they had the decency to mark this album with a disclaimer that warns would-be purchasers that the contents of Constantinople are intended for the sterile, ineffectual Safe Metal class of ex-heshers who’ve recently become parents and now feel the need to tone down their musical preferences. That disclaimer, of course, being the seal of Neurot Recordings. And, once again, in all fairness to Ides of Gemini, they aren’t really Metal of any kind. Truth is, the three-piece themselves probably couldn’t advise you on what to call their music, since they’re essentially just doing some laid back jamming. Categorization is such a cheap heterosexual tool anyway, however, a safe assessment might be Art Rock, or maybe Post-Rock. Or maybe Post-Folk? Have we used Post-Folk yet? Post-College Doom? Doo-Wop Fusion? Think about it. I don’t know, what do you call it when Decibel writer J Bennett plugs in to his Peavey Bandit 112 and starts churning out completely disjointed Stoner riffs and ’70s Rock hooks? One hot chick plays minimalist hippie percussion while another hot chick gives it her best Mazzy Star try. I don’t think Deci-Bot would even know what to do with this one. They also credit the hot chick singer with playing bass, but I definitely don’t hear any bass guitar being played on this album. Do you? Oh wait, there it is on “Reaping Golden.” My bad. I guess they just turned the bass down because it was waking the baby. HA!
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