“[Imbroglio] balance an overwhelming feeling of dread with their disgusting sludge-grind... Think Swans replacing their redundancy with Today Is The Day abrasion and you’re getting close.”
-Decibel Magazine
“Not really a record so much as the sound of a bad day... The industrial ambience and nude clean tones ooze anxiety... Imbroglio is one of the angriest bands I've ever heard, along the lines of Gaza...”
-InvisibleOranges.com
On its beast of a second album, Sleep Deprivation, Imbroglio paints a picture that drips with torment, exorcising its demons through a raw yet intensely focused battery.
Sleep Deprivation recalls the dark twists and turns of the late, great Anodyne and the suffocating heaviness of Gaza. Songs take circuitous routes to reach their resolutions -- as if these are not songs but recordings of actual murderous thought processes. From blastbeats to cavernous doom, it’s all part of Imbroglio’s path through hell.
But Imbroglio allows brief glimpses of light to shine through the horror. While the general tone is that of wrestling with demons on the ocean floor, moments of melody bring a majestic, soaring dimension to the music -- and make the lows even lower, in contrast.
Check out “Cement Shoes” for a concise, bitter taste of Imbroglio’s style.
Imbroglio’s first album, The Oncoming Swarm, was the very first album released by The Path Less Traveled Records, the Illinois label that has since released music by Body Hammer, Flourishing, Man Will Destroy Himself, and more. The Oncoming Swarm received a 9/10 review in Decibel Magazine, which likened the sound to “Swans replacing their redundancy with Today Is The Day abrasion.” InvisibleOranges.com declared Imbroglio to be “the sound of a bad day... one of the angriest bands I’ve ever heard, along the lines of Gaza.”
Founded in Dayton, OH, Imbroglio relocated to Syracuse, NY, where they have become a part of the well-known Syracuse scene that counts Architect, Engineer, and Ed Gein in its ranks.
Sleep Deprivation was recorded, mixed, and mastered at WAAV Studios in Cicero, NY, by James Bailey and Thomas Calandra (both of Architect.)
Look for Imbroglio on tour throughout 2011.
-Curran Reynolds
www.curranreynolds.com
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