Obnox is the one man band of Cleveland’s Lamont Thomas, who takes a very unusual approach to rock ‘n’ roll by adding in punk, funk, hip-hop, and psychedelic sounds. Of course, he does have some help on hand, and it’s certainly noteworthy is that the album was recorded and produced by the almighty Steve Albini (formerly of Big Black and Rapeman, currently in Shellac).<\/p>\n
Quite humorously, the first track on the album is titled \u201cSteve Albini Thinks We Suck;\u201d it is a quick jaunt into noise meets hip-hop with samples before the more fleshed out \u201cPeek-A-Boo,\u201d which is more funk and rap-based and finds plenty of grooves. Things then shift into the percussion heavy \u201cBaby Godmother,\u201d where it sounds like three songs are playing at once, and at least one of them is noise. <\/p>\n
When we get to \u201cI Hate Everything,\u201d the guitars take over in a garage rock sort of way with organs, some solos, and a fantastic, gritty spirit. \u201cCream\u201d continues with a hazy atmosphere that’s equal parts rock and hip-hop, and the longest tune present, \u201c40th<\/sup> St. Black,\u201d glides with a similar approach where vocals from Viggatron make this a standout track. <\/p>\n The second half of the album is more surprises, especially with the scrappy punk of \u201cEnter The Hater,\u201d where crashing percussion and a frenetic pace make this one fierce and intense. Things then just get better with the sludgey, metal sounds of \u201cFind My Way\u201d and \u201cRally On The Block\u201d brings us back to hip-hop sounds with a manic, busy backdrop. Meanwhile, the extremely odd, almost gypsy feeling of \u201cWake And Quake\u201d adds another dimension to the album.<\/p>\n The album ends on perhaps two of the oddest tracks. \u201cOff Ya Ass\u201d is a collision of noise with squealing horns, bombastic drumming, and sonic walls of noise, and \u201cFluss\u201d (a reference to Albini’s cat, I believe) is essentially the second half of the opening track and just as fleeting, too.<\/p>\n This release is nothing if not strange, and certainly not for the faint of heart. But if you are someone who likes to peruse the iconoclastic and has zero interest in the mundane, Obnox is an artist that will strike a chord with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":33664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[10287],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-45486","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-obnox","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45486","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\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45486"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45486"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}