Of This Blood

Of This Blood Artist: Detachment Kit
Label: French Kiss
Category: Music


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


UPC: 689076879026
EAN: 0689076879026
ASIN: B000228E68


Release Date: 2004-05-18

Of This Blood


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Tracks:

  1. Night of My Death
  2. Skyscrapers
  3. Ted the Electric
  4. Ricochet
  5. Chronology
  6. Pill Cake
  7. Vanish or Vanquish
  8. Race
  9. When You Need...
  10. Music for Strobelights
  11. Roots Rock
  12. Genivive the Countess
  13. Ice Queen
  14. Spider

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Of This Blood.......2004-09-11

Detatchment Kit lets loose with their sophomore release. The grungy garage rock sound is perfect its a mix between control and absolute mayhem. And it comes together so eloquently in "Skyscrapers". "Spider" will make your skin crawl with its dark, introspective sound. I loved this band and can't get enough of "Of This Blood". Just listening to this album is not enough, go out and see them live so you can fully appreciate their music.

5 out of 5 stars ThreeImaginaryGirls.com heart Detachment Kit.......2004-05-27

Reviewing music is a tough racket. The daunting task of attempting to translate music - emotion in raw form - into words, to somehow define the essence of the indescribable, is a fruitless one at best. Even if a review manages to somehow accurately capture the mood inspired, that mood is often so subjective as to be meaningless to everyone but the author.

And sometimes, as if those challenges alone weren't enough, along comes a band like Detachment Kit to obtusely defy any boilerplate reviewing tactics, by refusing to emulate any other band - I could tell you they sound sort of like The Dismemberment Plan, except that The Dismemberment Plan is really irritating while Detachment Kit is not; I could even get all crazy esoteric and claim they are reminiscent of the first Skeleton Key record, but that doesn't even make sense (for the record, though, I stand by the sentiment) ...

... or even to stick to a consistent sound. I could mention the cornucopia of instruments played (including but not limited to xylophone, cello, Theremin, and trumpet), but then you might think they were one of those bands, supplanting variety for real talent by showboating their crazy non-rock sounds (such is not the case - every use of a nontraditional rock instrument is seamless and effective).

I could try to splice together some genre types (maybe they were once emo but then met the love of their life? Or perhaps they aspire to someday be prog but haven't quite mastered the grandiosity, the inhumanity, or the math) and pepper that explanation with the exceptions they make to the rules that they write, but that would be far too intellectual a task for such a spirited release....

{read more at ThreeImaginaryGirls.com/detachmentkit04may.asp}

4 out of 5 stars it's good, but why so much attention?.......2004-05-27

This album is, admittedly, the bedonkadonk. I borrowed it from a friend, so I only had it for a few days, but I listened to it a whole lot and the songs are still stuck in my head like 3 weeks later. The music is like equal parts NYC swank and Chicago overblown post-core, often switching between the two in mid-song.
My only question though is like, why is this album getting so much attention? I had only heard the name Detachment Kit before this CD was released, and now like, I hear them playing it in Urban Outfitters and there's prizes on Insound and whatever. The only reason I can think of is the awesome cover art...

3 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. Live EP ~ Wesley Willis & Fiasco
  2. Joy Zipper ~ Joy Zipper
  3. Afternoon Delight ~ Various Artists
  4. Original Sound Version ~ Discordance Axis
  5. Heartbeeps ~ The Mae Shi
  6. Yellow Fever ~ Hot Tuna
  7. Notes From the Past ~ Kaipa
  8. All Ablaze ~ Ian Brown
  9. The Secret of Elena's Tomb ~ ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
  10. The Christmas Attic ~ Trans-Siberian Orchestra

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Jazz to the World ~ Various Artists

Mercury Rhythm & Blues: 1946-1962 ~ Various Artists

I, Eye, Aye: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1972 ~ Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Records 1928-1945 ~ Duke Ellington

The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions: Pianistically Yours ~ Milt Buckner, Andre Persiani

Interpretations ~ Wynton Kelly, Hank Mobley

L' Enfant Phare ~ Claude Nougaro

Homenaje a la Guardia Vieja ~ Quinteto Criollo el Aleman

O Sonho Nao Acabou ~ Catedral

Okinawa Seaside Walking ~ Various Artists