Takh are a new group based in Ghent featuring former members of The Blackheart Rebellion and Echo Beatty, who have come together and improvised in a studio until they had the songs and sounds for this the bands debut album. The album was released with no pre-publicity to keep things as organic as possible.
Takh are Annelies Van Dinter, Emeriek Verhoye, Alexander Maekelberg and Pieter Uyttenhove with additional strings by Patricia Vanneste. The bands outlook is neatly summed up by the words on the cd "Come see and feel the downfall with me. All Rise, Come To Feast. The Filth Has Been released."
The album opens with Salomonne as a long didgeridoo type drone with shaken percussion has an ethereal voice leading us into the doom-laden song as Pieter Uyttenhioves vocals start to tell us this dark hearted tale of lust among the filth of life, benediction will not arrive soon as the guitars are played like harps descending to the utter depths.
Unabashed And Knowing has deep lowing sounds, almost as is they are under the sea, as the tribalistic drum pattern builds around that drone, as Annelies vocals come in, this has the feel of the first Sigmatropic album in places. Slowly evolving as the guitar becomes more prominent, as the short lyrical poem is repeated more forcibly, with the final two lines being repeated as the tune builds to imprint on our minds "That my fear is not lying, And my hunger's not whining." This leads us into the maelstrom of noise.
Drome is super slow meandering love song for the damned among the gloom laden skies, with a very post pandemic love sentiment, that love lies between a clean hand, the strings add a subtle edge to the minimal bass and percussion.
Azure Blue is a sad summer song, for when things should be glorious but instead all that made you complete has been burnt to the ground, your left to pick up the pieces under that Azure Blue sky. This shimmers, shakes with vocals sounding like they are intoning a centuries old folk song with mildly updated lyrics.
The album closes with Hair Of A Horse's Tail that has a very late night slow ethereal opening, like Kendra Smith's 5 ways Of Disappearing, in this case for someone who is becoming more reclusive, as they can't stand the pain of the sun on there skin. As if they have been told to drink plenty of Horsetail tea to help their skin recover, in among the dark before they start to decompose, as they try so stop the rot of modernity, hoping to feel refreshed rather than the rot they see and smell all around them.
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