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On my exhaustless journey for fresh and fantastic sounds inside an ever crowded so-called Alternative music scene, I somewhat
stumbled into this album with some hesitation. Not knowing exactly what it would bring, a musical risk financially perhaps
but one that is nevertheless priceless.
Put the freaks up front distorted guitars and feedback starts the album off with a distinct sharpness and like
many of the songs on this well crafted album, it builds to a slow but still intense crescendo that comes from no other place
but the soul loves the only thing that makes me do this. No power from above a voyage of self discovery, where its weird to
be normal.
You would be very hard put to find a more beautiful first three tracks on any alternative album made in the past
few years but the second of these (Sister dew)changes between strings and soft sympathetic dreaming as Barman (vocals) tells
his story with the apt Every sad story has a funny side a reminising that is hard to explain but pinpoints a moment in everyones
life, a moment unexplainable...with someone important There was something there I cant describe it.
When track three (One advice, space) arose the very first time I heard it, the creepy strings and synth hiding
behind the piano before the lyrical entrance Wasted and wounded, erased with the night abandonment and sympathy now grace
the music stage before confessing something we all do, but dont realise: "Sometimes I wonder". imagine being walking
through dark alleys of your past where the demons are your moments of rejection. A different journey for each of us. Moments
of spiritual bliss in the song if you decide to let go.
The softest of the ten tracks, plenty of strings and cushioning beats, The magic hour full of adoration, god
and burning but none at the same time, its about trying to take a step back and discover what your trust meant at the time.
Powerful but simple in every way possible. And like most of the songs on this album, deserves your private listening at least
once with an empty mind.
The title track the ideal crash trundles along all the way through with its drumming with eerie whispering
on its vocals, gradually climbing higher but this time youve got someone by your side to pull you through. Its yourself and
your impetus..."If its alot, show them what you got".
The word crashing and crescendo do not fit inside the first half of Instant Street at all, this is two for the
price of one and I am still wondering how it interconnects so well, but the word crescendo was designed for the intensity
of its part two. It becomes hypnotizing how the imulgimation between countless instruments blend together, speed up and explode
come the end of the song "After any old motherfucking blow, Ill be back" vengence at its musical peak.
Tip-toeing drum beats support the mellow love stricken lyrics in Magdalena a story of being almost emotionally
adrift as the tip-toeing slowly turns into a soft pounding, before the distorted samples and dirty beats of Everybodys Weird
takes over, the injection of base guitar over the top of this makes it an effective piece of what can only be described as
Erie Funkyness. Something which is so refreshingly produced and slotted together makes it arguably one of the most appealing
track to listen to on the album.
The following track trundles along a Kooky rhythm early on only to become very soothing about half way through,
the overlapping voices gives it the edge it needs before the violins kick in with its nightmarish melody. Lets see who goes
down first has a very distinct spooky aspect attached to it, and like most of their songs grows and grows to an intensity
that is hard not to appreciate.
The most beautifully crafted track on the album. Its title is almost as beautiful as the song itself, soft whirling
synth meets the softness of his voice as drums then further scary-induced samples join the wonder and fun that is Dream Sequence
#1 its almost hard not to imagine yourself in your own favourite dream as this song progresses, a fantastic song to drift
away with.
The Ideal Crash is an album that sinks deeper than so many of its nearer counterparts, searching and exploring.
Flirting melodies and seductive twists that make it mysteriously epic alternative music at its finest, maintaining a feeling
that is pleasingly smooth on the ears from start to finish. This is the work of a band that clearly deserves more investigation
and more importantly further credibility than just being another indie rock outfit from Belgium.
dEUS are:
- Tom Barman (vocals, guitar)
- Julle de Borgher (drums)
- Stef Kamil Carlens / Danny Mommens (bass, vocals)
- Klaas Janzoons (violin, keyboards)
- Rudy Trouve / Craig Ward (guitar)
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