Cassette Review // Saudara Tua "Saudara Tua" (Public Eyesore Records)
This cassette begins with percussion, which can sound like not only are those traditional drums and cymbals out but some type of glass containers are also getting a turn. A steady tapping now. The tin of the cymbal comes into play as the pace quickens. This didn't start off quite so intense, but it has grown to be. That rattling and banging, trying to get your attention and control it. Vocals come in now and it feels like an added layer of primal chaos. This all comes to such a precise end.
Going into the second track is the rhythm of a bongo, which just feels like it's leading us into the jungle. The pulling of styrofoam, the squeaking of a balloon, it all comes out in this sound as well, which can just feel like any number of beasts you might hear with higher-pitched sounds in the jungle. The sound begins to feel as if it is at war with itself, but I imagine a pack of lions devouring their prey. This is just such a great reminder of the universal storyteller that is music.
Slower strings creak in now as I believe we are starting the next song. Sticks banging feel like the tick tock of a clock and then other percussion drops in as well. Cymbals crash and then this begins to feel like it has a tribal rhythm. Even though this is banging, it can feel like it is with a purpose- a drive- and it just becomes more frantic as it goes on, with starts and stops. Primal screams are let out as chill tones expand the horizon. The percussion once again builds, the driving force.
A scraping now feels like the adjustment of chairs in the music room, that kind of shuffling. It can also take on this more haunted sense, like it's coming out of a film such as "Psycho", but being that i never really know where one song starts and another song ends we are now at the end of the first side.
Onto the flip side and the percussion right away is bringing in the rhythm lead. The voice is singing "doo doo" and then other sounds which can be loud enough to take up an entire room while not forming any actual words. I also get a meditative sense from this sound as well. Strings come out now, quietly, and it just a sound of expansion. These bass strings just stalk like "JAWS".
Vocals are coming through now, but they almost feel like a moan, the type a ghost might give while haunting someone. The singing becomes more grand and just begins to feel as if it is moving mountains. The sound can begin to feel like somewhere between a cry for help and a great storm.
Those tense strings bring in the banging of the drum. The way the strings shape make it feel like a balloon about to burst, but the drums just feel like it is already popping off. A rhythm forms and this becomes a dance. Vocals are now coming in, singing along without words to the beat of the percussion. A lighter side of the percussion banging now and this almost has opened up to be a bit more fun. I don't want to detract from what I feel is serious, so maybe perhaps it is just best to think of it as being lively.
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