To clarify, it’s not a prerequisite that all music should be innovative and new. Every mid-tempo rhythm, minor-key chord change and vocal melody is an echo of a sound that was once unique and striking. Rather than building on the textured explorations of post-millennium Deftones or the ambition of Smashing Pumpkins at their most operatic, Narrow Head crib from these acts’ most prosaic and dated tendencies. There’s no better to put it- Moments of Clarity is dull.
Beyond the sonics, the imagery and aesthetics that bands like Narrow Head rely on is relentlessly retro, from their analog music videos to Moments of Clarity’s minimalist artwork. The sound draws on post-grunge latecomers like Silverchair and Sponge as well as early Deftones and Smashing Pumpkins in service of droning alt-rock that wallows in viscous tones and slacker songcraft. One particular aesthetic in vogue is “grunge-gaze,” a blend of grunge and shoegaze with emo and hardcore elements thrown in. From the endless reanimation of long-dead cinematic properties to reactionary political discourse that conjures images of halcyon (and fictional) days of yore, nostalgia is one of the key lenses through which we can observe our fractured modern world. To say that nostalgia and revivalism are hot properties right now would be an understatement.
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