Hot Cross
Cryonics
Level Plane (2003)
"It's the band that has the singer from Saetia in it", was the first thing I heard about Hot Cross. Later I also heard it contains ex-members of Neil Perry and Joshua Fit For Battle, but being a huge fan of Saetia I immediately was forced to check this new all star screamo band. The first thing I noticed was that Billy's vocals post Saetia have become less screechy and screamy. Perhaps all of that high screaming in his previous band took too much of a toll on his throat or maybe he just didn't like that style anymore, whatever the reasoning his scream is more straight forward. His lyrics have also changed, they are less about relationship problems and more of what appears to be about social commentary. His lyrics have also changed, where they used to be more about relationship problems... "empty hands on the ends of these reaching arms need the touch of something real year by year we seperate further" ...they are now more about social commentary... "forget the phony fuck that thinks with an ass instead of a head; its a game left for losers in a scene they've already fled" Cryonics is a nice … Read more
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Master and Everyone
Drag City (2003)
I am not one who can sit down and listen to a record that is just acoustic guitar and vocals. … Read more
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Master and Everyone
Drag City (2003)
Four years ago to the present, record players everywhere have played the last note of "Raining in Darling," the final … Read more
