Interceptors Review - Love No More Blog

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First impressions:

Formed by two ex-members of the noisey Alcian Blue, a double / double Jake & Kim Reid, after releasing two EP's and a single, they have reached the full length album, a mixture of electronics, synths and layers of guitars and bass twisted through effect pedals to create custom by Death By Audio of Oliver Ackermann - for those who do not know, Ackermann was in the band "Skywave" and now commands "A Place to Bury Strangers," bands that are sisters of the SVI, viewing the similarities in the elements used in their songs: electronic beats, marked down, keyboards, feedback, ethereal vocals and samples buried.

But the SVI goes much further, accelerating further the BPM's the result of influences of Italo Disco and Chicago House, which often cite as influences, and Suicide, Curve, Goblin, Public Enemy, Velvet Underground and Stooges. Despite being clearly perceptible echoes of Jesus and Mary Chain (phase "Automatic"), the duo fit elements of ambient music to the Ulrich Schnaus as the opening with "Synthetic apparition." Highlight two songs, "Slipping Away" with a hypnotic groove Baixão of the best style trip-hop and reggae-shoegaze of "Lost in Repeat.

Recommended for fans of: A Place to Bury Strangers, Ceremony, Jesus and Mary Chain (Automatic phase), Skywave.

 

Exclaim! Canada - Interceptors

By Brock Thiessen

Maybe the last thing we need right now is another group of shoegaze revivalists. After all, it's not like there's been a shortage in recent years, what with outfits like A Place to Bury Strangers, Serena Maneesh, Ulrich Schnauss and countless others all dusting off the decades-old formula and calling it their own. Redundant or not, it's hard to argue that all of the above haven't at least tried to reinvent some old wheels, and the same goes for U.S. newcomers Screen Vinyl Image. Like their anachronistic peers, this "electrogaze" duo of Jake and Kim Reid owe a great debt to pioneers like My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive and especially another pair of Reids: Jim and William of the Jesus & Mary Chain. However, where Screen Vinyl Image mix things up on their debut full-length, Interceptors, is in their ability to incorporate some clever bits of synth-led psychedelia, à la John Carpenter and Tangerine Dream. When done right, this pummelling combo of screaming guitar noise and cinematic atmosphere hits its mark and, more importantly, makes Interceptors worth the spin. (Custom Made)