I never quite got all the buzz that surrounded the "noise rock" genre. There was never enough noise for me, and I'd rather have my rock straight forward instead of relying on technical proficiency and art school drop outs wanking on guitars. And fuck yes, both the Melvins and Sonic Youth might be the most overrated bands out there, ever. Now that we've got this out of the way, let's have a closer look at this record.Liquid Limbs are a - for lack of a better term - noise rock duo from Gainesville, FL. Here's another thing that bugs me: what's it with all these two piece bands? Ok, Vaz are (were?) fucking incredible, and so are Dead Prez - but seriously, what's the point? Are they all lacking in the social skills department, like a Rainman for the indie scene? Don't they have enough friends to form a real band? And who the fuck cares?
Like every other noise rock band, Liquid Limbs have a horrible band name and godawful cover art - but, whoah... do they rawk! The guitars are wonderfully distorted and downtuned in that sludgy post-Sabbath way, the drums get beaten like Ivan Drago and Clubber Lang got beaten by Rocky Balboa, and the vocals are even in tune. I'm sure these two gentlemen have both done time in a couple of bands whose records I own, but what really matters at the end of the day is that Orquid is a damn fine record that stands on it's own. The fun thing about it all is that you can easily spend a whole afternoon listening to these tunes, trying to come up with all kinds of influences and cross references. My first pick would be Floor (or rather Torche, since the Liquid Limbs have a far more poppy approach) high on crack, trying to cover Cave In songs circa Jupiter after having spent all day listening to the more feedback-driven Velvet Underground tunes.
www.liquidlimbs.com
www.soundstudyrecordings.com
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