#58 SEASICK "Ennui" 7"EP

Lista utworów:

1. Monument
2. Tracking the Truth
3. The Cold Tribunal of Experience
4. Fail, Iterate

Pressing info:
16 test pressings
150 limited version on european tour (incl. 30 on orange paper). Pre-order version hand
numbered. Different cover - Bad Brains rip-off. Black vinyl
850 regular version, black vinyl

Skład:
Nick Laskowski - voc,
Mark Bronzino - g
Matt Schimkowitz- bg
Mike McGauran - dr
 
Recorded:
Mark's bedroom New Brunswick, NJ, 21-25 April 2009
Engineered by Ryan Jones
Mastered by: Bill Henderson at Azimuth Mastering
Released: June 2009

Recenzje / Reviews:

Seasick offer a nice kick to the butt with this 7“. Fast, overturning, relentless hardcorepunk is spit to your face, with no gimmicks, but lots of guts. Hailing from New Brunswick, NJ, these guys take no prisoners. While being incredibly fast and pissed in some areas, they also dare to turn songs around, introduce instrumental passages and almost-jam-parts, but all without losing the energy. The kick to the butt is always waiting behind the next tune, and thus the tracks deliver a nice pacechange and back and forth structure, worth a closer examination. Furthermore, the rocking parts on the B-sides kick ass quite well, remaining massive and aggressive at the same time, while taking back the pace a little bit. The NJ fury is certainly there and in the right place, making this a nice selection for your christmas presents. 
("Poison Free", Germany)

Niezłe zadziory z tych amerykańców. Zaczepno ? napsatliwy HC w ich wykonaniu mi nasuwa skojarzenia z Black Flag oraz ze wszystkim co dobre z tamtego okresu. SEASICK jest jednak bardziej współczesny niż odtwórczo-historyczny. Czuć w ich muzyce ?więcšcy ostatnio triumfy VERSE. Wypadkowa tych dwóch kapel wydaje się najbardziej odawać pomysły towrzone przez SEASICK jak też kierunek w jakim zmierzajš. Choć to jedynie cztery utwory to na singlu sporo się dzieje. Jest tempo, jest agresja, sš gitary jak mówi mój ziom w stylu ?dży, dży, dży?, ale także zwolnienia pielęgnowane przez gitarowe solo. Jest moc vocalu oraz bez problemu wyczuwalna melodia. Miałem okazję oglšdać ich na żywo na ?wietnym Ferment Fest w Nowym Targu i muszę przyznać, że wywarli na mnie bardzo dobre wrażenie. Zero fashion core'owej napinki ubrani w znoszone flanele i wytarte portki zdeklasowali swym koncertem dotychczas choubionych przeze mnie z płyt Bridge To Solace. Weszli - gitarami i krzykiem powiedzieli o co im chodzi po czym pełni pokory, bez górnolotnych przemówień zeszli w chwale. Podobnie rzecz się ma z tym singlem. Wydawnicza skromizna w połšczeniu z ultraciekawym graniem na wysokim poziomie ewidentnie gryzie się jak pies z kotem. Efekt zamierzony ?? Choć SEASICK pochodzi z dalekiego New Jersey za oceanem to co? czuję, że jeszcze o nich usłyszymy. Płyta jest kooprodukcjš.
(j.Ap, "Pasażer" #26)

Ennui takes a few listens for its razor-sharp and incredibly desperate self-deprecations to really sink in, but when it does, one realizes that while it might not be Seasick's best material to date (this ranks slightly below last year's 12" EP, Ouroboros, and 2007's Awakenings 10" EP), but it's definitely their tightest to date.

Certain moments bear some incredible realization, too. Some droning, distorted guitars open opener "Monument" and more noisier, garage-y tones infect the finish to closer "Fail, Iterate." The transitions between the pairs of songs placed on both sides of the 7" flow perfectly, too, and while the band gets a little same-y in the first verses, it's a solid groove. Seasick definitely sound like they may have finally established their own sound (at least as well as they can), that being their own take (instead of a just a modern update to Infest or Negative Approach's) on pissed, barking, thrashy hardcore that nonetheless has a musicianship and very apparent punch to it all.

A quick Googling of the title should probably give it away, but the common thread here is sheer hopelessness. It's almost discomforting, actually. "I've realized that I'm still the same naive kid squandering my life pursuing a dead end," Nick Laskowski admits in "Tracking the Truth," before adding, "no surprise that punk has never changed a thing." Later in "The Cold Tribunal of Experience" he muses, "My misguided view of punk's potential disappointment dissolves into crushing regret as I face the cold tribunal of experience I can't find solace with this idealist temperament or refuge in the realist's lowered expectations or pessimistic treatment of human existence." There is clearly no place for Laskowski, but hearing his desolation only adds fuel to to the band's arsenal.

Seasick have never been chincy on packaging and Ennui continues that with a nice screenprinted three-panel foldout. Another solid 7" in Seasick's expanding catalog. (www.punknews.org, USA)

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