Currents
The
Place I Feel Safest
SharpTone
Records
Growing up with my two brothers one of
us would ask “Who wants a fight?”.
The sofa was eased back and to protect
our pocket money, breakables were safely stashed behind it. The
Place I Feel Safest by Currents would have been the perfect accompaniment
to the flailing limbs and the punishment we exchanged. Coming from Connecticut, above New York, with
a new vocalist in Brian Wille, and a new label in SharpTone, Currents have
released an exciting dynamic djent album full of brutal riffs, aggressive
vocals, perfectly weighted bass and the drums of founding member Jeff
Brown. Extreme metal may be polarising
but this band impressed me with the technical brilliance of their onslaught on
the ears. Screaming vocals dominate each
track for a journey through the soul of the vocalist. Interest is maintained by the balancing of
the gloomy songs with the buoyant guitars of Ryan Castaldi and Chris
Wiseman. What I liked about this band is
they know how to build drama through the clever use of either melody,
exquisite clean vocals or harmonies that demonstrate they possess a complexity
with hints of a broader appeal than this heavy genre is sometimes criticised
for.
NE
