If you don't know this band from Paris yet, you should.
They do the doom thing better than almost anyone. They just released their third LP "Hope///Dope///Rope" and it holds
up to all my expectations and then some.
Hangman's Chair do the down-tuned stoner-doom
thing or "stoom" as I call it. Plenty of comparisons could
be generated towards this band sounding alot like Down, and sure the chugging
and lumbering guitars do sound like that, but to me, Hangmen have what I don't
hear from most of the Down catalog, and that is
feeling. Hope///Dope///Rope has tons of it... I really get the sense
that these guys are the real deal. Cedric Toufouti's vocals remind me a bit of
Alice in Chains mixed with a Kirk Windstein ala Crowbar wretchedness at
times and really portray a sense of loss and hopelessness
(and that's a good thing), over the brooding riffs which run the
course of the album. If you're gonna be doom, then by all means be
doom. Hangman's Chair is doom, and they know it. This album will be in my head
for months to come. The lousy cd-r I received for this
review isn't nearly cool enough. Gotta get my hands on one of the
limited edition vinyl/CD packages before they are gone. Check their Facebook for details.
~adam
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