To Melt The Ice, Dissolve The Sun

Yvette “Cuts Me In Half”

I suppose it’s hard to make a song sound more urgent than by making what passes for its central riff sound like a siren blaring just before the meltdown of a nuclear reactor. “Cuts Me In Half” is cold and dead-eyed in the face of catastrophe – the music indicates that something horrible is happening, but the voice is almost too calm, as if he’s just welcoming the chaos. Nick Sylvester produced this record, and it’s another case where I hear his work and just want him to produce all the intense guitar music, or at least whatever Steve Albini can’t get around to doing. His sensibility is very Albini – dry and matter of fact, and very focused on conveying the physicality of playing instruments. You really feel those drum hits in your gut.

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