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Jack Is Back!
[Limbo Records]
About twelve years ago, a new French formation was created, it was called 13th Hole. The band was in the groove of its time: extremely saturated guitars, wall of sound, monotonous female vocal, acoustical apocalypse, we were proud of our Sonic Youth made in France. Moreover, the band brought feelings to its music, which set them apart from the talentless followers of that time. But then, time went by with the Sonic years, at least with the meaning we gave to it then, because, we have to admit that we're always more surprised we still can go further, as nowadays, the noise has become the prerogative of MTV and the charts' leaders. Anyway, 13th Hole went on their own way, and now they're releasing their fourth album. The first emotion we have, while listening to it, is to be happy, because we find again the rage that enticed us, this dramatic intensity brought by the guitars. Then, we surf on the tracks, each intro seems also very promising: rage, anger, a bit of despair, some pogo for your body and your mind, everything is like we expected it to be.
But then, that's where it hurts. it would be dishonest to say that 13th Hole have lost one once of their talent. On the other hand, we could reproach them they haven't evolve at all. Of course, their sound has changed, it's purer, less confused and the singer isn't the same. But changing isn't evolving. Here, everything is more or less the same than ten years ago. So, why get wild for a record, even if it's a success, if it makes you feel like listening again to their first record, and even to all the records in the same genre that were released then?
It's a shame, and they also had a funny cover.
Frédéric Thébault |
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