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Hailing from Copenhagen, Denmark EYES are a band who need no introduction for people who have taste, but for the sake of giving you the full picture – they’re a metallic hardcore outfit with a real appetite for sheer noise. Their third album Spinner is a wonderful concoction of frontman Victor Kaas’ love for particular manga and anime, themes of mental health, and chalkboard screeching riffs.
The charm of Spinner really is owed to Kaas’ creativity and ability to recognise parallels in his writing to create a very surreal concept, combined with their go to choice of circle pit inducing atmospheres the record feels like they’ve lit the fuse for them to blow up at any moment. Heavily influenced by the works of Inio Asano like Goodnight Pun Pun, Kaas’ lyrics reflect much of his formative years and the difficulties of developing in adulthood. The Captain, featuring Selma Bahner of FERAL NATURE, reflects on the weight of being perceived as strong enough to handle it all on your own, Bahner yells “You are the one who will carry it all on your back. Why? ‘Cuz you’rе The Captain!” which drives home this element of isolation that Kaas feels.
The quintet do a great job at keeping things interesting, drawing on biblical influences on Beelzebub, The Hypocrite, not to mention the hair raising screams that are produced and Kaas spitting the song title. You receive more insight into Kaas’ insecurities during Clown where during a downward spiral of riffs and drum beats send monstrous screams about seeking attention drain bound.
It would be a real shame for such a good record to go unrecognised, especially when amongst the more emotionally complex moments there’s otherworldly good metallic hardcore tracks that take over and run wild like Money Mouth. The album’s curtains close in jaw dropping fashion, with the title track Spinner devolving even further into chaos than the rest of the record.
Making their longest track, four minutes, feel like a flash in the pan with searing riffs. Kaas finishes by embracing this loss of control, allowing for the record to fizzle as it’s encouraged to spin out of control into the abyss. Three albums deep, EYES haven’t received the flowers they deserve a few bunches here and there, sure. But, what Spinner has earned them is to be showered in praise for this body of work, they’re going to send crowds wild with this record.
Rating: 8/10
Spinner is out now via Prosthetic Records.
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