
Carnivores - If I'm Ancient cd
Carnivores - If I'm Ancient cd If I'm Ancient, Carnivores fiery second coming finds the Atlanta foursome returning to the dissonance and noise-punk mysteries of their 2009 debut All Night Dead USA. But this time around the group strips away the mutant elation and Tropicalia-flirting that defined their tangled beginnings, giving rise to a lean and concise album that truly captures Carnivores corrosive musical chemistry. Drummer Ross Politi joins Nathaniel Higgins (guitar/vocals), Caitlin Lang (keyboard/vocals) and Philip Frobos (bass/vocals) up the ante on a sound that caught the attention of Pitchfork, Fader and Vice Magazine last year for its complex and unclassifiable sound. If I'm Ancient is a terse record that gets right to the point. Blown-speaker haze billows at the center of every noise and every note lending equal strains of consistency and chaos to the album. The manic charge of the album s opener, Feral Children sets the record straight: Carnivores color primal, post-punk fu