The electronic drumbeats and bass sound (which is real hollow sounding but hypnotic at the same time) of "Bloodhail" has an almost new wave feel to it, and I swear that any person with a soul will find themselves humming along as the band sings "Arrowheads, Arrowheads, Arrowheads, Arrowheads." "The Big Gloom" could not be more apropos at describing the emotional timbre of the song for which the vocals seem to add a great deal towards establishing that quality of the music. "Introduction" swells and intones a veritable soundtrack quality in its mood and presentation that, at times, would not be out of place on Vangelis's Blade Runner soundtrack. The first CD of Deathconsciousness: The Plow that Broke the Plains & The Future is The Plow that Broke the Plains, and from the opening calm of "Introduction," with the opening keyboards and acoustic guitars, to the end of this half of the record, Have a Nice Life plot a very atmospheric course that has a great deal to listen for while it is playing.
The concept and execution of Deathconsciousness: The Plow that Broke the Plains & The Future is largely impressive and ambitious, specially so considering that Have a Nice Life funded, produced, and recorded the whole project on their own over the course of six years. The band also attempts to take on some fairly intellectual discourse surrounding a medieval heretical Christian group, called the Antiocheans, by including a thick booklet regarding the controversy, mystery, and persecution of the group over the course of their existence. and is vaguely reminiscent of some "Brit pop " but even trying to describe the band's sound in those terms does not fully explain it. Instead, Have a Nice Life actually has a sound that pulls from a variety of influences like Joy Division, Swans, The Cure, etc. Have a Nice Life is a two-piece outfit from Connecticut that includes a member of the hardcore band, In Pieces although, this double CD collection has nothing in the way of sound that can compare to that outfit in any sense of the word. Have a Nice Life – Deathconsciousness - Enemies List, 2008
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