Centralia (album)
| Centralia | ||||
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| Released | February 6, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Mathcore | |||
| Length | 31:54 | |||
| Label | Relapse | |||
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About.com |   link |
Centralia is the debut studio album by the American band Car Bomb. This was the band's first full-length release, following a 2004 demo. It is also the band's only release through Relapse Records, which dropped the band four years later in 2011.[1] The album's title was named after the doomed town of
H5N1 is the medical abbreviation for the then-recent outbreak strain of Bird Flu
, while 'M^6' covers neglect of a mother.
Reception
Critics praised the album's complex and ferocious rhythms. Keith Bergman, writing for Blabbermouth.net, argues in a highly positive 8/10 review that the album is "a lurching start-stop mélange of tempos that switch back and forth fast enough to give you whiplash, even more brutal for its lack of cohesion and unsettling, jittery rhythmic convulsions."[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pieces of You" | 2:58 |
| 2. | "Gum Under the Table" | 3:27 |
| 3. | "Rid" | 0:27 |
| 4. | "Cellophane Stiletto" | 2:53 |
| 5. | "Best Intentions" | 4:26 |
| 6. | "M^6" | 2:15 |
| 7. | "His Eyes" | 4:18 |
| 8. | "Hypnotic Worm" | 3:19 |
| 9. | " H5N1 " | 3:14 |
Japanese release included the song 'Bra-c-ket'.
Personnel
References
- ^ Moore, Doug. "Review: Car Bomb – w^w^^w^w". Invisible Oranges. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ Website covering the history of Centralia, PA.
- ^ Bergman, Keith (22 January 2007). "CD Reviews – Centralia Car Bomb". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
