The Cutthroats 9
The Cutthroats 9
[Man's Ruin]
It was a sad day when I discovered that my favorite noise-rock terrorists
Unsane have disbanded. On the other hand, it was also a joyful day because
that's when I found out about The Cutthroats 9. Messrs. Chris Spencer and
Dave Curran - Unsane's singer/guitarist and bassist respectively, have
regrouped, bringing along a new drummer and an additional guitarist, and what
a pleasure it is to have them back. It's like Unsane never went away. Its
patented brand of bashful, harmonic violence - a unique combination of rock
and hardcore riddled with great, distorted grooves - was successfully
inherited and revived, and is as precise and deadly as ever.
With the end of Unsane, and his re-emergence in the noise-rock realm under a
different moniker, veteran Spencer could drop whatever burden that grew
around his shoulders after a decade of smashing, crashing noise and ugliness
with his former band, take the skills that he gained throughout all these
years and give that same smashing, crashing noise and ugliness a new
beginning. And that's basically what he did with this project. Very tight
musicianship and heavy, distorted sound of the Cutthroats 9 very strongly
resembles that of the latter day Unsane, namely "Occupational Hazard" LP.
Song-wise, meanwhile, the Cutthroats proficiently covered the entire span of
Unsane's existence, but also adding a bit more traditional rock music
stylings to their songs, which is all good and well by me because the band
slay regardless. All those still crying over Unsane's demise should get
their hands on this jewel ASAP.
© 2001 boris