Artist: Spitfire
Album: Self-Help
Label: Goodfellow Records
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: February 25, 2006
Overall: 9.8
Music: 9.7
Lyrics: 9.6
Production: 9.5
Bands come and go. Members quit and join. Lineup change and the music is affected along the way. Spitfire has been around for some time and influenced their fans in a way no other band has. Once signed to Solid State Records and now signed to Goodfellow Records, Spitfire is back after the biggest disappointment of 2001. Spitfire consists of members from such highly respected acts as Scarlet and Norma Jean. Their 2006 full length released, â┚¬Ã…”Self-Helpâ┚¬? has been anticipated more than any record from fans across the globe.
â┚¬Ã…”Self-Helpâ┚¬? starts off with a repetitive guitar, followed by a sound clip, and than bashed in with the brutal screams of lead vocalist, Jon Spencer. A few seconds into the first track, â┚¬Ã…”Meat Marketâ┚¬?, you begin to realize that you should strap yourself in for the most chaotic, yet catchy and brutal journey of your life. â┚¬Ã…”Self-Helpâ┚¬? is filled with eleven tracks that clearly define intensity. You will listen to each song and find yourself pressing the â┚¬Ã…”Previous Songâ┚¬? button just to hit the climax of each song again. Each song is filled with a beginning that hooks you in, a middle that keeps you listening carefully, a climax that makes you lose control of your sense of true musicianship, and an ending to softly park the train wreck you were just in.
This record is one of the most outstanding and impressive records not only in 2006 but in your entire CD collection. The songs are brutal, the screams are chaotic, the guitars are perfectly synchronized, and the overall essence of the music is indescribable. The lyrics are itself another story added to the impressive mix that is Spitfire. Jon Spencerâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s lyrics stand out in their own way. As you read them, you begin to question how someone created such words that are perfectly put together and written.
Spitfire has come and gone many times but they are here to stay now. Hands down, this is the greatest record you will ever encounter. You will listen to it every day of your life and it will slowly become the soundtrack to your everyday life. Chaotic, brutal, heavy, impressive, genius, masterpiece. Those are a few words to describe the highly anticipated record, â┚¬Ã…”Self-Helpâ┚¬?. Do yourself a favor and buy yourself a copy so you are able to experience the train wreck masterpiece that is called Spitfire.
Track Listing:
1. Meat Market
2. Go Ape
3. Life and Limb
4. Dear John
5. Leap of Faith
6. U.V. I.V.
7. The Great White Noise
8. Comfort (The Iceman Cometh)
9. The Suicide Cult Is Dead
10. Kings of the Food Chain
11. Ohm Driver
Standout Tracks:
– The entire CD
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