Down.To.Size - DoModal[]
2002 - Noise Idol/Shock Records
By Mark Bridgeman
8 songs, 22 minutes, of funked-up nu punk rock with the typical shouted verses and crooning choruses. To lovers of this type of music, this may well be something fresh and new, breaking the mould of the pseudo-hardcore/punk/metal hybrid music. To me, it sounds the same as everything else put out by bands of the ilk.
Not to say it isn't well-performed, however. The Australian (Geelong to be precise) quartet are a tight unit that seem to be able to get their music down into a solid, energetic mass.
'Switching' has some very promising Doom-esque moments mixed with RATM-inspired angst, but the rest sound the like the same songs put to different beats with the odd atmospheric moment.
But it still raises the question in my mind of what bands expect to accomplish sounding the same as their peers. One day a band will break the mould and impress us all. Down.To.Size isn't that band yet, but if they can crack the generic mould they've poured themselves into, they may make a difference.
2002 - Noise Idol/Shock Records
By Mark Bridgeman
8 songs, 22 minutes, of funked-up nu punk rock with the typical shouted verses and crooning choruses. To lovers of this type of music, this may well be something fresh and new, breaking the mould of the pseudo-hardcore/punk/metal hybrid music. To me, it sounds the same as everything else put out by bands of the ilk.
Not to say it isn't well-performed, however. The Australian (Geelong to be precise) quartet are a tight unit that seem to be able to get their music down into a solid, energetic mass.
'Switching' has some very promising Doom-esque moments mixed with RATM-inspired angst, but the rest sound the like the same songs put to different beats with the odd atmospheric moment.
But it still raises the question in my mind of what bands expect to accomplish sounding the same as their peers. One day a band will break the mould and impress us all. Down.To.Size isn't that band yet, but if they can crack the generic mould they've poured themselves into, they may make a difference.
