{"id":6129,"date":"2017-08-22T13:31:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T17:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=6129"},"modified":"2017-09-05T14:07:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T18:07:37","slug":"the-fall-new-facts-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/the-fall-new-facts-emerge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fall <br>New Facts Emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/The_Fall-New_Facts_Emerge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6130\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/The_Fall-New_Facts_Emerge.jpg\" alt=\"The Fall, New Facts Emerge\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/The_Fall-New_Facts_Emerge.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/The_Fall-New_Facts_Emerge-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>When introducing someone to The Fall, you might start with a disclaimer. Vocalist Mark E. Smith has a polarizing voice, not unlike, say, Tom Waits or The Legendary Pink Dots\u2019 Edward Ka-Spel. At first it might seem jarring, even insurmountably dissonant, but then it grows on you, and you come to appreciate that signature weirdness like the earthy funk of an expensive French cheese.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, unless you\u2019re that rarefied fanatic, it\u2019s doubtful you\u2019ve heard every utterance of this notoriously prickly legend. Smith and his revolving-door cast of musicians have been recording under The Fall moniker since 1976, putting out 32 studio albums, amassing a cult following, and cementing his status as a post-punk icon. <i>New Facts Emerge<\/i> is the seventh consecutive record with the current rhythm section, the band\u2019s longest-running iteration.<\/p>\n<p>The LP begins with that distinctive Mancunian drawl front and center, an outtake of an a capella Smith singing with drunken-barroom bluster and what sounds like a glass clinking alongside him. The 30-second \u201cSegue\u201d grounds this as a Fall record, a challenging thing to define categorically. The band\u2019s eclecticism is a source of paradox and appeal: \u201calways different\u2026 always the same,\u201d as the late BBC DJ John Peel observed. Smith\u2019s music certainly finds a place alongside the angular guitar work of bands like Gang of Four, but also veers into electronica, experimental noise, and in the case of \u201cFol De Rol,\u201d the first proper song, some big meaty guitars that could almost be justifiably called \u201cgrunge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As much as I know I\u2019d catch shit for it, I\u2019d almost be willing to call this The Fall\u2019s grunge record, before a Spy Hunter-style synth line takes that song along a less prescribed direction and into a frenzied, shattering chorus of sorts. Smith\u2019s characteristic ranting and growling make it abundantly clear that, yep, it\u2019s The Fall. The title track operates similarly, taking a riff you might expect of Queens of the Stone Age, perverting it through The Fall vocoder, and turning it into a snotty gem.\u00a0An inherently weird band does \u201cweird\u201d by appropriating the conventional and disorienting the listener. I hadn\u2019t previously thought of them as sounding this \u201cbig,\u201d this close to something that could conceivably be cranked at a large stadium, one in which everyone would begin scratching their heads, and in the end, debating whether or not they liked it.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, \u201cCouples vs Jobless Mid 30s\u201d begins with thick sludgy guitar before turning into a sublimely strange composition of percussion and bass and singing ghosts, then transforming into stoner metal again before shape-shifting into straight-ahead hard rock and then surf music. It\u2019s is one of the most strangely awesome Fall songs I\u2019ve heard in quite a while.\u00a0Other tunes flirt with Elvis-style rockabilly, lo-fi punk (the excellent \u201cO! Ztrrkk Man\u201d) and vintage Fall (\u201cGibbus Gibson\u201d recalls shinier songs like \u201cC.R.E.E.P.\u201d from the band\u2019s mid-\u201880s incarnation). The record ends with a nearly nine-minute-long guitar opus called \u201cNine Out of Ten,\u201d which is probably the least accessible thing on the record, but no less tantalizing. Guitarist Pete Greenway, bassist David Spurr and drummer Keiron Melling outdid themselves on their latest installment. This record caught me off guard; it\u2019s energized, abrasive, and surprisingly rocking. Play it loud and see if you can win some converts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When introducing someone to The Fall, you might start with a disclaimer. Vocalist Mark E. 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