Austere

Austere Artist: Sparta
Label: Dreamworks
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: EP
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 600445084421
EAN: 0600445084421
ASIN: B000063BRN


Release Date: 2002-03-26

Austere


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Tracks:

  1. Mye
  2. Cataract
  3. Vacant Skies
  4. Echodyne Harmonic (de-mix)

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  1. Porcelain
  2. Wiretap Scars
  3. El Gran Orgo
  4. Threes
  5. This Station Is Non-Operational

Amazon.com

When At the Drive-In called it quits just before becoming massive, it seemed like they had blown a one-shot opportunity. Not so. While vocalist Cedric Bixler and guitarist Omar Rodriguez went off and formed the self-consciously weird Mars Volta, the Afro-free faction of ATDI--guitarist Jim Ward, bassist Paul Hinojos, and drummer Tony Hajjar--handily carried on under the new guise of Sparta. This quick-to-the-point EP, produced by Jerry Finn (Green Day, Blink 182), features the familiar sound of clipped rhythms, oblique vocals, and fuzzed-out guitars, but it also sounds insidiously fresh. Tracks like "Mye" and "Vacant Skies" update ATDI's taut fury with a most agreeable luster, while the pure force of the music remains respectfully undiminished. <I>--Aidin Vaziri</I>

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars nope.......2006-04-01

The first two songs are good, but these same songs are on "Wiretap Scars" (their first EP) - get that instead

the singing on the whole EP is not very good, but the guitars are kinda cool.

The 3rd song is fairly generic and the last track is just blatant filler - a stupid drumbeat with some low-fi noise

...the sleeve artwork sucks, too

1 and 1/2 star

5 out of 5 stars Sparta is god........2006-01-13

Wow...Sparta...if i could, i'd go on about them forever. They're a truly inspiring group. i agree with the first guy.."its great make out music" heheh ;)...i've gone farther with this music btw if you know what i mean. you wont be disappointed. Porcelain (Sparta's second album) seems to be a more detached form of music from their old band ATDI. I wouldn't say its better then Wiretap Scars because they're both teh sh*t. buy them. now.

4 out of 5 stars Sparta is good........2003-07-03

I don't know what to say about this cd. I'm torn between emotions. I love it, but it was too damn short. I want it to keep going. Its weird. Oh well........what they do have on the cd is gold. Whether you are an emo kid or just a regular guy who doesn't know about the music scene these days everyone can enjoy sparta. Its a really special cd. GREAT MAKEOUT MUSIC!!!! trust me. Look up Wire Tap Scars. You won't be sorry.

3 out of 5 stars good but not great... yet.......2002-08-11

While Mars Volta went on to experiment in a different kind of rock sound, Sparta sticks with the sound that At the drive-in had nurtured for 6 or so years before they went different ways. Austere sounds like a mix of Relationship of Command and In/Casino/out, with a lot of tweaking on the Pro Tools, giving the EP somewhat of a techno feel that was very foreign to any of the ATDI album. This release did not quite live up to the standards that the 3 members in Sparta had set before with ATDI, the songwriting was shaky and erratic, but it was still good anyways.

I keep comparing them to ATDI and Mars Volta which is unfortunate because Sparta still seems like they are experimenting with their sound and haven't quite finished messing around. But this is not a bad thing, as this was only an EP and only their first release as Sparta. I look forward to their Full Length release in late summer of this year.

5 out of 5 stars

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