Dirty Three
And so, come 2002, I left my goth phase behind in favour of taking up the mantle of an anime nerd. But I did give that particular phase of my life a glorious send off in the form of the Dirty Three. Interestingly enough, as I got older, my tastes in music matured. Whilst I used to enjoy lyrics (particularly if they were angry and had the forbidden swear words in them), I then became interested in the other side of the coin: the instrumentation. This seemed a progressive step as punk music is based on the minimal use of musical chords.
However, through musicianship I gained a new appreciation of instrumentals. Because in some cases, an instrumental can say more than any lyrics-based act could ever hope to. And this theory is best exemplified with the Dirty Three. A three piece of guitar, drums, violin and no singer, their music touches so many emotions. And once again this is music that demands full attention in order to get the most out of.
Key Album: Horse Stories (1996). Regarded as their best album and rightly so. There are some great songs on this but the album itself is best defined for the fourth song: I Remember a Time When Once You Used to Love Me. In the space of over six minutes it goes from despair to rage in the blink of an eye. It sounds like a demented waltz one would hear when loading up the shotgun to kill a unfaithful wife. Indeed, I like to use this album as a point to show up any emo bands as the whimpy, whinny, emotionally bland rubbish that it is. This album has rage, fury, sadness and hope. And all of this without a word being spoken. Beat that My Chemical Romance!
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