Children - Hard Times Hanging... Arzgarth ( SuperAdmin ) 55,344 posts since 7/17/2002 Posted on 11/15/2009 at 12:35:27 PM Children - Hard Times Hanging at the End of the World Review by John Pegoraro (StonerRock.com) Kemado Records Release date: 2009 Kemado Records fleshes out its stable of retro thrashers with Hard Times Hanging At the End of the World, the debut from the oddly-named Children. Like labelmates Saviours, Children have their eye towards the Bay Area, circa the mid '80s. Unlike Saviours, Children are more epically minded. Only one song clocks in under five minutes on Hard Times, and “H.T.H.A.T.E.O.T.W.” is the sort of quietly manic classically influenced interlude you'd expect to hear sandwiched between two “bang your head against the stage like you never did before” numbers (“Power Spirit” and “Subterranean Cities,” respectively). So is it good? For the most part, yes. The band's far reaching aspirations at times were at reverse ends with the go for the throat riffs they were dishing out. Opening number “Advanced Mind Control,” for instance, is close to ten minutes and it feels that way. Prune a couple of minutes off of it and it would've been more massive than exhausting. But overall, this was pretty solid. Fans of Saviours and Valient Thorr will find much to like with this. URL: http://www.myspace.com/childrenofthemushroom Edited 0 Times I`m never going to work another day in my life     ( Post a Reply to This Thread ) ( Back to Album Reviews )