#spineshank

spineshank is awesome. i don’t listen to them much, which i think is better for me. if i didn’t have self control i’d overplay all of their music until i couldn’t stand it anymore. they’re so unique and awesome,, not one of my favorites but they’re up there.

Spineshank worked hard to shake off the baby Fear Factory moves of Strictly Diesel on The Height of Callousness, bringing in GGGarth Richardson to produce and substantially tightening up their songwriting.  And “Asthmatic” definitely leveled up with its streamlined groove and focused hooks: the opening track used Fear Factory as a frame of reference rather than going for straight imitation and arguably did a better job of reframing that sound in a nü metal context than Digimortal.  Of course, Spineshank was still largely mid and there was no getting around that most of the moves on “Asthmatic” were already on their way out, even (especially) Jonny Santos’ sometimes whiny vocals.  But the band’s craft was sharp enough that for a short while they could pull something like this off and at least deserve to compete on the scene.