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DEAF SPARROW Reviews GOES CUBE - 'Another Day Has Passed'

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"The songs flow, compact, heavy, infectious, groovy, segue into more heavy, infectious, groove-laden rock metal. No doubt about it, a fucking homerun from The End and Goes Cube."

DATE: 06/01/2009
RATING: 4/5 Stars
URL: http://www.deafsparrow.com/Goes-Cube-Review.htm

Here is another curveball from the nice folks from The End.  When I heard the name Goes Cube I imagined this would be one of those math metal bands with their nonsensical monikers, never ending breakdowns, insipid songwriting and more than tiresome growls. But I was far from it, far as fuck from the sound this Brooklyn trio fosters. The truth is, no matter which was you look at it, you won’t get this band straight. And that’s not because it is hard to know where they are coming from, but because they are indeed coming from so many places I’d need more paragraphs than I care to write about any band just to box them in.

To sum Another Day Has Passed in one sentence; this is an excellent fucking record. Yes, don’t let their beards, boney frames and black rimmed glasses fool you. Goes Cube is a metalhead’s wet dream. Man, they look like they don’t care but they rock like their lives depend on everything from Swedish death metal, to the hardest-hitting alt-rock imaginable and even, yes a bit of math metal, but that’s just because they can really play. There isn’t much of that here.

The way “Bluest Sky” opens the record is a statement; that riff and that steady steamrolling drum beat could have fit well in The Jester’s Race. The guitars are crunchy as the thickest peanut butter, and soon after, notes roll out like there’s quirkiness brewing here. Still. Goes Cube remains as metal as you can.

The vocals go clean on “Grinding the Knife Blade’, a change that will have the fools deserting and shouting everything from ‘emo sucks’ to ‘gimme my money back’, and ‘hipster metal can suck my ass’, but just listen to the tune. Let the riff consume you. “Restore” has an alt-rock

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Goes Cube has gained notoriety for two things: their fierce independence, and for being fierce, period. Indeed, the trio is most often described as brutal, heavy, and loud. Their live shows are renowned for not only the volume they are able to produce, but the pure energy with which they perform. Perhaps Stereogum put it best when they cited the band’s “sledgehammer assault.”

It would be easy to call them a metal band. After all, their music is heavy, loud, and often fast. But Goes Cube continually demonstrates that it exists in a universe all its own: outside the trends and styles of New York (where the band formed), and outside of the standard metal tropes.

In 2009, Goes Cube astounded critics in the US and Europe with their debut full-length Another Day Has Passed. Publications cheered the abundance of riffs and aggression pummeling through thick atmosphere, dynamic shifts, and nostalgic nods to punk, noise-rock, and hardcore. It was enough to earn the record a spot on Decibel Magazine’s list of the 40 best albums in 2009.

After touring (with the likes of Helmet, Intronaut, and East of the Wall) and an acclaimed EP on Coextinction Recordings in 2010, Goes Cube is poised to make 2011 their biggest year yet with their second full length album entitled In Tides And Drifts. While most bands become more polished, and more produced, Goes Cube did away with the sheen, and opted, instead, for pure rawness. Going against the grain of the current metal scene, the band the band took a stripped-down approach, and a very simple philosophy: make the heavy heavier, fast faster, hooky hookier, and pretty prettier. The result is a savage album consisting of 13 lean, extremely mean songs that total just over 40 minutes.

How unlikely then that within those ruthless 40-plus minutes of music, listeners will find the gorgeous voice of acclaimed folk singer, Jaymay on two of the album’s songs. Her haunting melodies break hearts as the band behind her batters eardrums.

Goes Cube have never been your typical musicians. All of them are self-taught, and as such they have a sound and style all their own. They reject the notion of what it typically means to be in a metal. but their mark is undeniable. After years of touring and recording some of the most eye-opening music, Goes Cube has proven themselves to be one of the most exciting and exhilarating bands in America.

Goes Cube is:

Matt Tyson: Bass Guitar

Kenny Appell: Drums

David Obuchowski: Guitar, Vocals

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