Marc
Broude has come a long way. If you check out his bio at Last.fm, it seems like
he came from a very different, more aggressive background. While at the surface
‘Vampire Salt’ appears to take a mellower, sedated approach to sound, it has an
underlying menace to it that excites me.
I am
happy this came out during the bleakest time of the year (for me). Winter is a
cold, dead place to me. Now I can handle the cold, but I still have problems
with the lack of sunshine. During this season I tend to get a little down,
listening to bleaker music than usual. Low gets played quite a bit during this
time. Marc Broude’s slow moving song definitely counts as some sort of
slowcore, perhaps with a just a hint of violence.
‘Vampire
Salt’ fits my need like a glove. The song is quite simple in execution. Drums
are kept at a brooding pace. Guitars come in threatening to explode at some
moment, but choosing to seethe in the background at the moment. At least the
beginning reminds me of early Don Caballero, specifically the song ‘For
Respect’. Like that song, there’s a certain looming threat, a readiness to
burst. Eventually that does happen. Towards the end the tempo slowly increases,
resulting in languid static intensity.
At no
point do the guitars or vocals come closer. The sound’s distance is part of the
threat. I consider this perfect bleak winter music.
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