ANACRUSIS - Reason LP (White/Red Marble Vinyl)

• Strictly Limited Numbered Edition in White/Red Marbled vinyl.
  - Limited to 300 copies worldwide.
  - Special vinyl master!
  - Includes double sided printed insert 

The roots for both “Manic Impressions” and “Screams & Whispers” are here, and it’s not hard at all for one to detect them after just one listen. For those like me who discovered this opus after the next two it was quite interesting to trace the origins of the band’s genius back to a more primal, but almost as compelling state the honing of the weapons on full swing, the band leaving whatever messy, death-prone ideas they had at first far behind. Yes, for the debut fans this album must have come as a cold (literally) shower, but the beginning of the new decade was totally savouring such advanced attempts at song-writing with consideration of the winds of change on the horizon. The guys could have translated their detached, pessimistic approach to the groovy/post-thrashy language without any problems, but kudos should be paid to them for staying true to the classic canons all the way to their retirement from the scene. “Reason” is not quite the triumphant listen into which its two successors were turned to, but comes very close to those high standards, and has an inimitable cold, dark charm of its own, definitely not the one of “a black sheep” of a distinguished, highly reputable family.