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Review Source: Funprox
Webzine Artist: THINGS OUTSIDE THE SKIN Title: You Knew It All Along Label: Facility Records Things Outside The Skin is an aggro-tech industrial band (at least that is what they call themselves) from Brooklyn, NY. You knew it all along is the third full-length release from the gentlemen. As I'm not aquainted with the old material, I can't compare to that. Though the band itself says there is only a distinct dash of hip hop influence, I can't help the first band that comes to my mind when listening to this record is Body Count (the metal-project of Ice-T). Though Body Count had a much fatter (and better) sound. Not much other bands/acts pop up in my head while listening to this record really. Where it was promissed to be agro-tech industrial, this is more hiphop mixed with some punk and a bit of electronics. Some scary effects are used, but don't have the effect of scaring me, it's much closer to making me laugh. The lyrics are mostly political
oriented, asking to burn down the White House and Bush with it. They
are one of the stronger points of TOTS, one of the very few I must
say. This is one of the very few acts that is able to make me long
for the original recording of "Spice Up Your Life", as their
version is so much worse. |