"Get Down Syndrome" review from Media Assassin by Andy Roberts
Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy! It's wet your pants time. The melting of the polar ice cap is nothing to do with carbon dioxide emissions, no way; it's all to do with the amount of heat radiating from the new demo by the mighty 35 Seconds.
Opener, "Walk The Plank" is evidence of the first band in history able to play while being bound with straight jackets. It's simply not possible that people capable of making such schizophrenic music are not under constant surveillance in a padded cell.
Second track, "Grudge Match" is the bitterest, most violent tale of a twisted relationship ever committed to CD. A Rottweiler attack of anger while front man Andrew Hickman seethes; "A dog is for life not just for christmas, you need putting down." Awesome.
Fractured beats, rigid hard ass rhythms and a surreal futuristic exploration of sound, 35 Seconds are the most innovative tour de force this country, let alone this city, has spawned for light years.
If Radiohead's Kid A had had its teeth sledge hammered in by Nine Inch Nails while Aphex Twin detonated a nail bomb in Nathan Barley's flat then it would sound like a less intense 35 Seconds moment.
Chemically imbalanced and psychologically deranged, they are One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in a five piece. And this demo is possibly the best thing that has ever landed on Assassin's desk.
(5/5)
35 Seconds