My Review: False Faces - 11 tracks demo

 False Faces - 11 tracks demo 

The amplitude of pain is touched, brought to light, without hesitation by that band of curious, ravenous, devastated souls that are part of that part of gothic music called Deathrock. 

It is curious to see, in the specific case of the French False Faces, how they know how to bring new swings to the mode, not denying the North American origin and basis of this musical genre. But on this album, we have within our fingernails scratched to death new and substantial forms of mental illness all seductive, evil, necessary. The voice, of a fairy with a cloak dripping with blood, remains perpetually held inside a coffin and is never heard clearly, lending a charm and a search for comprehension to the words that is a further effort, pleasant and enlightening. The drums do not follow the dictates of the genre and one often hears them breathe rock attitudes. Against the backdrop of less bloody but more rounded and distorted guitars, the sound becomes even heavier and the joy of decadence rises up in applause: a spectacular and educational work for the desire to show old lady Europe a requirement to send their children to the USA and show that French death is no less depressing and sacred than their own.

Alex Dematteis

Musicshockworld

Salford

28th March 2023

https://falsefaces.bandcamp.com/album/11-tracks-demo-cd