New Music – Devil May Cry

Cut your hands and weep as the blood drains from those shallow palms and begins to paint prisms of somber decadence, Rabbit Rabbit Radio is the sadistic soundtrack to a demise.

On their newest collection of sorrow, Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Volume 4 – The Animal I Am is able to open with beauty from vocalist Carla Kihlstedt but also tie in some sense of emotional scarring where the body hides.

Here, the track “Carapace” is gentle curtain pull is an elaborate ruse where the strings begin to slice like a razor against the pale flesh. Increasing the tension until the blade is making indentations, Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Volume 4 – The Animal I Am is brutal in the atmosphere and building of environmental takedowns. The shadows rush the audience on “Carapace” and create this drowning of mental structure. While the waters constrict and shake the foundation, the following track “Loving You” is much more approachable for sound.

Instead of being depressive and drained, “Loving You” is fairly lively considering Rabbit Rabbit Radio’s first introduction. The lyrics that describe, “Set a trap, set a trap and stand back. Whistle when it springs, when it springs I’ll come deep in” as if the band was some vengeful and twisted hunter.

When the trap does spring in the form of rugged strings that undertone and fit more towards this grunge style, the vocals are higher pitched when not in spoken-word format. Ultimately, Rabbit Rabbit Radio takes Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Volume 4 – The Animal I Am as an adventure through sonic abilities. The atmosphere that is painted oftentimes reflects cracked marble and gives a sense of always being watched by wandering eyes.

Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Volume 4 – The Animal I Am is especially fascinating when the track “Radial Life” enters and uses these watery synth progressions to create methods of sneaking and creeping behind windowpanes and spotlights in pitch-black clothing. When the percussion appears, the watery synths are faded out and become less aggressive, colluding with the percussion to live alongside the fierce violin-esque strings.

The build-up and continuation of sounds on “Radial Life” glow into this afterlife almost where the first recognizable methods become warped beyond belief. When they fade into the nothingness, Rabbit Rabbit Radio makes use of their expertise transitional power to trade tracks in such a natural fashion that Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Volume 4 – The Animal I Am seems almost to be one long track.

Similar to a play or operatic structure, Rabbit Rabbit Radio is simply gorgeous at times, but desperately frightening and animalistic behind the tension. On Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Volume 4 – The Animal I Am, they strike gold and continue to dig until the mine isolates the obsidian and slate that blackens the eyes and strikes fear into the soul.

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