{"id":287,"date":"2013-10-31T08:15:22","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T12:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=287"},"modified":"2021-11-10T13:06:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T18:06:18","slug":"wymond-miles-cut-yourself-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wymond-miles-cut-yourself-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Wymond Miles <br>Cut Yourself Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wymond_miles-cut_yourself_free1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-289\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wymond_miles-cut_yourself_free1.jpg\" alt=\"wymond_miles-cut_yourself_free\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wymond_miles-cut_yourself_free1.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wymond_miles-cut_yourself_free1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Upon first listen, <i>Cut Yourself Free<\/i> (Sacred Bones Records) eludes to a world heavy with brooding sentimentality. There\u2019s a particular strain of self-loathing that sounds eerily familiar, like say Interpol\u2019s <i>Turn on the Bright Lights<\/i>, an album that lurked in the shadows of Joy Division and every post-punk act that followed suit. <i>CYF\u2019s<\/i> lead single, \u201cPassion Plays,\u201d is a spirited prowl through similar terrain, with bursting atmospherics and cold amplification that wade in an undertow of existential loneliness much the same way \u201cObstacle 1\u201d did when Interpol was in vogue. Wymond Miles\u2019 strangled and distorted howls crackle when the amp levels peak, before receding to a gothic croon plunged in heavy reverb during the album\u2019s quieter moments. That\u2019s not to suggest that Miles toils on the brink of unadulterated gloom and doom when laying sound to tape, however, it is a well-suited detachment from his day gig as the\u00a0chameleonic lead guitarist for The Fresh and Onlys.<\/p>\n<p>As on the Onlys\u2019 landfill of recordings, Miles\u2019 uncanny sound-shifting abilities are unveiled yet again with his second long-player for the Sacred Bones camp, shifting further from Frisco\u2019s psych-frazzled pumice towards the darkened foyers of nighttime living with Ray-Bans firmly hugging his skull. \u201cNight Drives\u201d is wound thick in a cloak of synth gloss and vapor that rattles the cobwebbed vault of New Romanticism as Miles bawls in a low-end catatonia reminiscent of David Sylvian in his heyday. The synths froth in chilly sheets of New Wave spazzery, while the rhythmic adrenaline of bass and drums pound and thud in echoed bleats. Easily the most polished track of the album\u2019s nine songs, its haunting stench wafts in the breeze long after the goth-gorged shambling of \u201cLove Will Rise\u201d fans out the flames at the record\u2019s close. Following up on a more buoyant note, \u201cWhy Are You Afraid?\u201d is another standout, with its heat-packing crunch and dangling guitar hooks hearkening back to the buzz-stoked chops of \u201990s alt-rock, while the drone swarm of prickly fuzz during \u201cBronze Patina\u201d is a surprising backdrop for the crystalline guitar plucks and keys that brew at room temps.<\/p>\n<p>While <i>CYF<\/i> does have its optimistic moments, the loud-soft dynamic that zigzags freely from one tune to the next seemingly provides the perfect opportunity for Miles to lick any wounds and wring his soul dry. \u201cVacant Eyes\u201d might be his best remedy, with a double-dose of twang and minor chords that resonate and dissolve in the stark hush of the song\u2019s near-empty void. It\u2019s by far his most gut-wrenching offering to date; as he pries the padded doors from his psyche, each quivering word tumbles into fragile shards of melancholia. Some may call it therapy, but whatever Miles is doing, it\u2019s a great way to purge any skeletons from the closet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upon first listen, <i>Cut Yourself Free<\/i> eludes to a world heavy with brooding sentimentality. 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