Boris
Noah’s Barks pages relating to music group Boris.
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Boris – “Akuma no Uta”
Public service announcement: I have recently removed the PX-102 copy of Akuma no Uta from my library to add the PXLP-102 copy. This PXLP-102 copy is the one known by the more popular album cover—that is, Atsuo sitting on a stool holding his guitar across his lap. Of course, we all know that this album… (read more)
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Boris – “Attention Please”
Minimal shoegaze Attention Please is as far away as you can get from shoegaze while still being shoegaze. It’s actually a pretty unique-sounding album for the genre and I never gave it enough credit for that before. I have to say though: Wata may be a good guitarist, but she is a terrible vocalist, and I’m not… (read more)
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Boris – “Heavy Rocks” (2011)
Hard candy When Boris announced that they’d release an identically titled follow-up to their 2002 fan-favorite hard rock masterpiece Heavy Rocks, people got hyped. And hype is a stupid thing to fall into, let me tell you, because it’s by nature not rooted in rationality. People assumed Heavy Rocks 2011 would sound the same as Heavy… (read more)
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Boris – “Heavy Rocks”
Ball-bustingly reckless, heavy, hard rock with a bit of noise feedback, all backed up by a punk rock spirit. ‘Heavy Rocks’ is possibly the best Boris album. (read more)