(9.5)
This is the El Paso band's finest album. Being their first, it's rootsy as hell. I mean rootsy in a completely raw way where it's just straight punk without all of the production and electronic effects of their later releases. Check out their first three EPs for more of this raw sound.
The album starts with the high energy Star Slight and chaos follows. Cedric vocals are as high pitched as always, and his lyrics are cryptic poetry (Embroglio). The albums center piece, Initiation, is the beautiful and I mean just the prettiest thing you've ever heard from a hardcore punk band about the bands stalker. The guitar work by the great Omar Rodriguez Lopez is fantastic as always. Lots of crazy guitar riffs you coulda never thought up. The bass is thumping nice and deep. There's a lot of emotion is this music. Kinda like other early emo bands like Modest Mouse and the notorious Cap'n Jazz.
This is a legendary album by a legendary band. Highly Recommended
Also, if you're a fan of Mars Volta, you'll find hints of things to come in Deloused. The one guitar line in Ticklish is exactly the same one from Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt at the end of that awesome fusion jazz guitar solo.
Sounds Like
Early cosmic punk
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