ON BROKEN WINGS
Some of Us May Never See the World
(Eulogy Recordings)
Reviewed by Jason Thornberry

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On Broken Wings is one of the few hardcore bands to take advantage of sampling, and it serves them well. Andrew Schneider's slanted production is typically suited toward weird, experimental groups, but his tastes and those of this Boston band work so well he could be a seventh member. That's right, this weird, experimental sludgy, metallic hardcore band with keyboards and samples has six members, sort of like a hardcore Isley Brothers or The Association, only the Isley's producers never ping-ponged worried human growls between the speakers or got the kind a leaden thickness to the guitars on "Some People" that sounds as though they've been at the bottom of the deepest body of water anywhere on this planet. With their sudden U-turns and cinematic songwriting, On Broken Wings have turned Some of Us May Never See the World into a superb hardcore concept album -- probably the first of it's kind.

© 2003 - Jason Thornberry