While still holding steadfastly to their aggressive acoustic sensibilities, HANL have concentrated every influence heard throughout their relatively meager discography. Existing almost as a straightforward post-punk experience, the record is oddly benign. Where Deathconsciousness trudged along like moving earth, The Unnatural World moves with absolute deliberate focus. But when the mere 50 minute album finally dropped, it became readily apparent that this was a different beast entirely. With rumors of a three hour record circulating for months, the band had finally blown the lid off, so to speak, of the must gestating work. The Unnatural Worldcame as both a surprise and completely expected. With such a signature, refreshing sound, it should come as no surprised that their sophomore record comes hotly anticipated. Add a twinge of black metal and set it against a drone background and you just about have all that is Have a Nice Life. Drawing inspiration from acts that run the gamut, Have a Nice Life come across as an amalgam of My Bloody Valentine’s fuzziest tones, Nine Inch Nail’s most angst ridden noises, and the sublime essence of Joy Division. Starting out as a bedroom project between two men, Dan Barret and Tim Macuga, the band quickly evolved into something much more profound.
In a way Have a Nice Life is the very album that they’ve become known for.
No, Deathconsciouness is an album that one could talk about endlessly, mining its corridors and perplexing twists and turns all the while becoming lost time and time again. Deathconsciousness isn’t an album that can just be swept under a rug, cowed down for its successor. In the case of Have a Nice Life, however, it is absolutely necessary. Retrieved January 29, 2014.Review Summary: Not quite the earth mover that was "Deathconsciousness," but Have a Nice Life's long awaited second record is a logical next step and a worthwhile listen nonetheless.īeginning an album review by discussing a band’s previous work is trite at best a needlessly convenient way to lead into a meatier discussion.
"Viking's Choice: This Song Is Literally For Throwing Stuff Out The Window".
^ a b Gotrich, Lars (December 11, 2013).^ a b "Stream New LPs From Have a Nice Life, Bohren & Der Club of Gore, and Jess Williamson Via Pitchfork Advance"."Have a Nice Life - The Unnatural World". ^ Abraham, Barnabas (5 February 2014).^ "Have A Nice Life – Unnatural World".Of the track "Dan and Tim, Reunited by Fate", Tiny Mix Tapes wrote that "the pair cherrypick tropes from a number of bleak traditions: reverb-drenched industrial beats doom-metal sludge shoegaze drones conjured from effects pedals post-punk bass chuggery a plaintive piano+static post-rock crescendo." Tiny Mix Tapes also wrote that the band holds this genre palette together "by matching its compositional ambitions with idiosyncratic recording and production techniques." Track listing Īll tracks are written by Dan Barrett and Tim Macuga. Lars Gotrich of NPR described the track "Defenestration Song" as "the kind of pitch-black, post-punk party-rocker that'd really turn up at any Goth Night dance." He also wrote: "A two-note guitar riff is barely heard above the dank din as warming feedback permeates the whole affair, like the kind that lulls you to sleep just before an icy death" while comparing the song's rhythm and distorted bass line to the works of the gothic rock pioneers Bauhaus. Noisey Vice stated that the song "Burial Society" had "a Nine Inch Nails-meets-post-punk vibe," which "evidenced Have a Nice Life's leanings on the sonic dark side in the record. Andrew Sacher and Wyatt Marshall of BrooklynVegan wrote that "the album falls somewhere between goth, noise, shoegaze and post-punk." They also described the album as "addictively melodic for such dark music."
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