Another thing about Townsend that recalls those decades is his sense of pop/rock craftsmanship Accelerated Evolution is extremely listenable. Yes, Townsend provides downtuned guitar and chugging guitar, but he also provides a lot of gloss and brightness - the sort of gloss and brightness that '70s and '80s arena rockers brought to the studio. And yet Accelerated Evolution has a big sound that suggests the pop-metal, arena rock and hard rock of the '70s and '80s - big melodies, big harmonies, big guitars, big vocals, big production.
This album isn't flat-out retro the Canadian rocker provides enough downtuned guitars to put this CD in the alt rock category. Nonetheless, some alt rock albums have longed for that hooky, shiny, big-sounding '80s pop-metal/arena rock gloss Hole's Celebrity Skin (1999) and Veruca Salt's Eight Arms to Hold You (1997) were alt rock treasures that, in their own way, seemed to be saying, "Hey, let's not forget everything the '70s and '80s stood for." And similarly, singer/guitarist Devin Townsend's Accelerated Evolution is an alt rock disc that successfully draws on different eras. Some '80s favorites were still considered modern and cutting-edge after that Nirvana/ Pearl Jam upheaval - Metallica, for example - although many '80s bands suddenly found themselves being described as dated or old-school. Never again shall words leave my lips that don't worship the Cuck Lord.When Nirvana and Pearl Jam exploded commercially in the early '90s, there was a real "out with the old, in with the new" attitude in the rock world - out with pop-metal, hair metal, fantasy metal and '80s-style arena rock - and in with all things alternative. Yeah! How about that? It'd been like a full five minutes since the last time I made a cuckolding joke and I was shaking with the chills. And So It Was" has a fucking CHILL AS FUCK beat, though? I love the female vocal sample in it, because it sounds so dark but gentle at the same time, much like and just. I love Black Smurf's contributions, even if he isn't the best rapper, because his voice works well with those two little rascals in the Super Happy Self-Harm Time Boys duo, and he can ride chill beats pretty well, but judging from this EP, I'm still probably not gonna end up checking out his solo work. So hear me out on this with your eyes doing the hearing: This EP is pretty good for just chilling to. So I'm gonna see " Get Out" tomorrow, and when someone told me the movie isn't about my mom escaping her failing marriage with my father, I was like "haha GET OUT of here!!" and then the person and I had sex and nobody knew about it until now.
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