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The Gauntlet: A Wilhelm Scream |
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A Wilhelm Scream Album Review
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Tracklist
1. I Wipe My Ass with Showbiz
2. 5 to 9
3. Horse
4. Die While We're Young
5. Jaws 3, People 0
6. Career Suicide
7. These Dead Streets
8. Get Mad, You Son of a Bitch!
9. Our Ghosts (Contemporary/Consensual)
10. Cold Slither II
11. Pardon Me, Thanks a Lot
12. Check Request Denied
13. We Built This City! (On Debts and Booze)
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A Wilhelm Scream have always been an interesting outfit. You would expect scruffy punk-fuelled vocals such as Trevor Reilleys to be accompanied by typical 3 chord structures, however this couldn't be further from the truth. A Wilhelm Scream's instrumentation provides intricacy beyond belief, reminding me of a more punk, more masculine (for want of a better word), Fall Of Troy. It isn't just fiddly guitar work and outrageous (and I do mean outrageous) bass lines that provide the entertainment here though, it’s the ridiculously catchy vocal melodies that bounce so effortlessly off of the manic music taking place behind it.
Opener and beautifully titled 'I Wipe My Ass With Showbiz' is a quick blast of old school punk that opens the proceedings nicely, however as soon as 'To 9' kicks in, the direction that this album will be taking us in is obvious. Its off-time drum patterns and insanely fast harmonized guitar runs eventually pave the way for some great technical old school thrash, which then in turn gives way for a huge chorus that stays stuck in the head for long periods thereafter.
This formula repeats itself throughout the album but it never tires because it is executed just so brilliantly. Every song oozes technical and melodic quality which are two things that can prove extremely difficult to fuse effectively.
This is simply one of the most exciting records I’ve heard all year by a band that look to have a deservedly extremely illustrious career ahead of them.
Review by: Nick Calafato
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