Centralia (album)
Centralia is the debut studio album by the American band Car Bomb. This was the band's first full-length release, following a 2004 demo. It is also the band's only release through Relapse Records, which dropped the band four years later in 2011.[1] The album's title was named after the doomed town of Centralia, Pennsylvania, which was abandoned during an underground mine fire.[2] The track's lyrical content and titles cover various topics - Cielo Drive (also known as 'Bloodbath Orgy') was named after the road on which one of the infamous Manson Family spree-killings were committed (10050 Cielo Drive), H5N1 is the medical abbreviation for the then-recent outbreak strain of Bird Flu, while 'M^6' covers neglect of a mother.
Centralia | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 6, 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2006 | |||
Genre | Mathcore | |||
Length | 31:54 | |||
Label | Relapse | |||
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Source | Rating |
About.com | link |
Reception
Critics praised the album's complex and ferocious rhythms. Keith Bergman, writing for Blabbermouth.net, argues in a highly positive 8/10 review that the album is "a lurching start-stop mélange of tempos that switch back and forth fast enough to give you whiplash, even more brutal for its lack of cohesion and unsettling, jittery rhythmic convulsions."[3]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Pieces of You" | 2:58 |
2. | "Gum Under the Table" | 3:27 |
3. | "Rid" | 0:27 |
4. | "Cellophane Stiletto" | 2:53 |
5. | "Best Intentions" | 4:26 |
6. | "M^6" | 2:15 |
7. | "His Eyes" | 4:18 |
8. | "Hypnotic Worm" | 3:19 |
9. | "Cielo Drive" | 2:27 |
10. | "Solid Grey" | 2:12 |
11. | "H5N1" | 3:14 |
Japanese release included the song 'Bra-c-ket'.
Personnel
- Michael Dafferner – lead vocals
- Elliot Hoffman – drums
- Greg Kubacki – guitar
- Jon Modell – bass
References
- Moore, Doug. "Review: Car Bomb – w^w^^w^w". Invisible Oranges. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- Website covering the history of Centralia, PA.
- Bergman, Keith (22 January 2007). "CD Reviews – Centralia Car Bomb". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 8 December 2016.