Deathcamp Project - Well-Known Pleasures

Well known, but still pleasant to listen – at the current stage the title of the brand new album by Deathcamp Project does justice to their music fully.
The fact is Deathcamp Project play a lot of gigs so their music is recognizable and widely acclaimed, but it's only this year we've witnessed the release of their first full album. Rearranged, upgraded and improved well-known hits gained a new, fresh quality and got a new companion: a cover of Joy Division „New Dawn Fades”.


What can I say about „Well-Known Pleasures”? There's lot of things going on there: the raging guitars crash with velvety, a bit hoarse voice, electronic either rebels against classic rock riffs or enhances the general effect obediently remaining in the background whereas the vocal itself plunges to reach gloomy depths or stubs the ears with its harsh tones. The inspirations, the elements of various whereabouts coalesce and mingle like in a blender producing a drink which goes to one's head extremely fast giving the impression of a nice vertigo and strongly pumping adrenaline.

That's what the sexy, almost flag piece „Rule and Control” (previously released as a single) sounds like, that's the feeling which richly electronic modern „Another” or „Behind” give, but the same goes for rock, slightly metal „Fucking Deathrock”, „Away From You”, „Divine Words”, „Dead Hours”, and mysterious, darker, changeable „Circle of Silence”.
The album also includes – to my great shock as it's not what I'm used to when it comes to DP - smoky, changeable trance elements which are present at the last song of the album.
The cover of Joy Division „New Dawn Fades”, calm, perhaps not ballad-like, but rather hypnotic piece closes the album and leaves room for breathing space after all the fireworks and sparkles omnipresent throughout the release.

Generally speaking, “Well-Known Pleasures” contains the characteristic punching, harsh and hard music, abounding with dark energy, electrifying and sensual. Perfect at the concerts and parties, when one lacks vigor and is looking for power, animation, steam and means to (bloodlessly) release them, but also great as a lesson on how to shut one's eyes to certain things and ironically wink into the direction of all musical (though not only) classifications.
As I wrote at the beginning – the music of DP is pleasant, yes. Still, it doesn't mean it's pleasant, nice and easy – sometimes it's good to look under the black cover and check if there isn't any grinning, distanced cynic hidden up there.