Therapy? has always had the influence of 80’s hair-metal in its
\nmusic, and the band paid a wonderful homage to this influence by
\ncreating one of the most creative punk records ever (
\nTroublegum<\/i>) out of it. With the follow up
\nInfernal Love<\/i>, Therapy? takes that influence to a completely
\ndifferent level, making a mockery of punk music and putting itself
\nin an inevitable danger of being called punk misfits.<\/p>\n
This aside,
\nInfernal Love<\/i> is another great record by the Irish trio.<\/p>\n
\nInfernal Love<\/i> is basically an 80’s hair metal record, with
\nthe intelligence of 90’s rock.
\nTroublegum<\/i> was an angst-ridden punk record, with quick
\nthree-odd minute numbers being shot out from the stereo speakers
\nlike bullets from a rapid-firing automatic gun.
\nInfernal Love<\/i>, on the other hand, is more structured and
\nless chaotic.<\/p>\n
This record is full of moments of unassured shock for first-time
\nlisteners who have not had previous exposure to the band’s music
\nthrough
\nTroublegum<\/i> or
\nNurse<\/i>. The first sting of the shock (and a very mild one)
\ncomes with the appearance of saxophones on track two, “Stories.” It
\ndoesn’t get any better and in fact becomes really bad when the
\nfollowing cut, “A Moment Of Clarity,” starts off with an
\natmospheric piano-hook, similar to an ambient-trance number. The
\nsong then develops into a hair-metal number that has its hair
\ntrimmed short and nicely combed, with clothes that are wisely
\nchosen.<\/p>\n
\nInfernal Love<\/i> acts and behaves like a moody concept album.
\nThe tracks are interconnected by random sound bites, with the
\nproduction work as neat and tidy as it could be. Unlike the ones on<\/p>\n
Troublegum<\/i>, the cuts on
\nInfernal Love<\/i> vary in styles and are less agitated. The
\nviolin-driven ballad “Diane” or the semi-industrial “Bad Mother”
\nare revelations of the band’s talent in belying stereotyped
\nexpectations in a respectable and commendable way. The “faster”
\nnumbers of the record — like “Epilepsy,” “Stories,” and “Loose” —
\nhave similar qualities to the ones on
\nTroublegum<\/i>, with the exception that these tracks are more
\nappealing because of the all the fancy production-work adorning
\nthem.<\/p>\n
Therapy? has honestly tried its best to create a follow up to
\nTroublegum<\/i> that is completely different from it in every
\nrespect.
\nInfernal Love<\/i> is an enfant terrible of punk music and is
\neven a disgrace to punk. It is also the worst possible kind of
\nfollow-up to any phenomenal punk record – but is, however, truly an
\namazing rock album. It is undeniable that Therapy? can never create
\nanother record of the brilliance of
\nTroublegum<\/i>, but an album like
\nInfernal Love<\/i> assures that the band is still capable of
\nmaking great music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":27283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7222],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-38644","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-therapy","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38644"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}