Release
date: July 08th
2016. Label: Sargent House. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
PINK
(Deluxe Edition) – Tracklisting
1.Farewell
2.Pink
3.Woman
on the Screen
4.Nothing
Special
5.Blackout
6.Electric
7.Pseudo
Bread
8.Afterburner
9.Six,
Three Times
10.My
Machine
11.Just
Abandoned Myself
12.Your
Name Part 2
13.Heavy
Rock Industry
14.SOFUN
15.non/sha/lant
16.Room
Noise
17.Talisman
18.N.
F. Sorrow
19.Are
You Ready?
20.Tiptoe
Band
Members:
Atsuo
Wata
Takeshi
Review:
Legendary
Japanese Sludge Metallers – BORIS are re-releasing their 2006
landmark critically acclaimed album Pink. So what’s different about
this version. Well the original album remains undeniably the same but
Boris have included another album of nine songs to this release
called – Forbidden Songs. These songs were recorded at the same
recording sessions for Pink.
Pink
was the album that introduced me to Boris. I read various reviews at
the time stating what a colossal album it was. I took the plunge and
I listened to quite a few different versions that were released at
the same time. I fell in love with BORIS's style of Noise, Drone,
Doom, Grunge, Psych and Sludge. I didn’t realise at the time that
this was BORIS's tenth album when it was officially released. Believe
me, I had a lot of catching up to do after hearing Pink. If you’ve
already listened to this album then you know what to expect. Heavy
use of distorted and experimental sludge driven noise and the
distinctive vocals of lead singer – Atsuo. Though it’s the riffs
that hold your attention through out.
If
you haven’t heard of Boris before or never heard Pink before then
this album demands your full attention. As it’s quite a hard album
to listen to and fully understand on your first listen. BORIS are
known for changing their sound on various albums. If their albums are
released as BORIS then you can expect a Sludge/Doom/Drone Metal kind
of album. If their name is spelt as Boris then expect a more
drone/noise based experimental offering that sounds totally different
to their other studio output. Sure it can be very confusing times
waiting to see which version of BORIS will appear.
Forbidden
Songs starts from – Your Name Part 2 and for the next fifty three
minutes or so you’re treated to the same amount of heaviness and
experimentation held on Pink. I can see why BORIS didn’t include
these songs on the final version. Some of them are really superb
songs but some of them fall short of what we expect from BORIS. I’m
not going to say which songs work or don’t work as everyone will
have different opinions on this album. Forbidden Songs is a superb
album to be included as a cool extra on Pink but not so much as a
standalone album. Though that doesn’t stop BORIS writing some
spectacular moments of heavy sludge based noise to impress long-time
fans with.
This
is perhaps the most definitive version of Pink to own. It’s a
brilliant way to celebrate the tenth anniversary of such a landmark
album.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Rachel at Silver PR and Dave at US/Them PR for the promo. Pink
(Deluxe Edition) will be available to buy via Sargent House
from July 8th 2016 on CD/DD/Vinyl.
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