Review: DON THE READER – “Humanesque”

Don The Reader - “Humanesque” [Deathcote] … having carefully studied the Mathcore blueprint drawn up by Botch, Isis, and early Dillinger Escape Plan (to name a few), the South Bay quintet draws from this dense, dissonant palette and unleashes their full fury on their debut LP … good variety in terms of riffage, and the guitar dynamics are the band’s strongest suit, but they could stand to either mix up or clarify the throaty yelled vox a bit … FCC: 5, 9 … Try 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 … 2008Oct14

01. 328
02. Malfunction
03. Teethgrinder
04. Humanesque
05. Con-Sciolist
06. Hotwar
07. Pre-Self Deficiency
08. Reader
09. Designer Flesh
10. Makeshift Splendor
11. I Swallowed New Orleans
12. Guillotension