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Hell Songs

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this record is a diamond. it's a lovely work of art.

I must say that hell songs took me by surprise. and quite drastically. this record is pretty different from canada songs.
Upon my first listening of "fiery" on daughters' myspace page, I was somewhat turned off by the vocal stylings, which I have now come to love. so wonderfully refreshing. who else is doing something even remotely like this?
I happen to be quite attracted to originality, and daughters have carved out a very distinct sound for themselves (even more so) on this record. the lyrics are very humorous and full of character and delivered brialliantly, considered they are sung (if you could call it that) over music with no harmonic basis. the shreds of melody are intregrated very well with scarce use of horns and strings on top of twin guitars.
also to my liking, this record sounds very clear and is extremely well recorded, capturing the insanity of daughters' music, which has progressed considerably. songs seem more organized and memorable after only one or two listens, almost possesing a catchy quality while still retaining the chaos and brutality of daughters' completely atonal deluges of sound.
daughters have also stepped things up technically. this album contains much less repetition of riffs that I noticed happening quite often on canada songs.
the guitar interaction is brilliant; i haven't heard anyone else play like this. the music sounds extremely precise and expertley calculated. the bass takes a very active role, which is nice considering that the bass is often lost in this genre (I am speaking very generally here).
need I say anything about the drums? Perfect, precise interaction with the guitars; the entire blend creates a new brand of heaviness. at times, this record has a fun dance egde.

I had heard so many negative things from old fans considering the new vocal style on this record. I would like to say that I respect daughters for defying the staple vocal stlye of heavy music and doing something that they can call their own. yes, I do miss the screaming like everyone else, but I am perfectly happy with the vocals on hell songs.

overall, this is a phenomenal record. I have not one complaint.
well packaged with great artwork layout.

Daughters! Tore the roof off with their debut album 'Canada Songs' An epic of something very new & original in the world of underground intense music. Either enshrined or detested one thing was for sure: Daughters! made a dent.
I personally think they are their own musical miscreation, as if a demented serial killer genius got wasted and decided to make a hardcore band. But many found it easy to categorize them as "Grind" or "Screamo". But with Hell Songs Daughters! proudly maim the mere idea of being categorized, and they do it with thrashing glory. Form the opening semi-intoxicated crooning of frontman Lex, you can tell your in for something very bizarre. After the first few tracks you either be shell shocked or disgusted. I was somewhere along the latter. Then I realized, Daughters! have created an almost uncomprehensible cacaphony of sounds & textures like I've never heard. Thats damn impressive coming from a "screamo" band. Each musician has proven their genius, each one more relentlessly psychotic then the next. They even descend lightly into horns and strings, which blend nicely with the montage of noisy bliss. The highlight for me was the double-bass heroism of the drummer, truly unreal. The lyrics are also a bit more poetic then the first couple releases. Still are tragically demented and always humorous but on a whole very authenticlly crafted. While yes the album on a whole is downright insane, it's still bodacious and quite original, and rarely ever loses it's headbanger essence.
The biggest complaint I've heard about this album is that the frontman isn't screaming. I found that pretty ironic; a million kids will listen to a man wretch into a microphone but suddenly hiss at a frontman who decides to do something different? Don't get me wrong, I love inaudible screeching as much as the next hardcore kid. But i'm always fascinated by what good bands are doing, and Daughters!are an amazing outfit.

Overall, this album proves that Daughters! are truly one of the most in your face strange but amazing intense bands out today. and they CANNOT be categorized by any means anymore ( thank god )

Truly the most bizarrely staggeringly heavy album to come out this year.

If you are open-minded to talented and original musicians who don't mind offending while impressing, I urge you to buy this album, then buy Canada Songs just to feel better about yourself

Love Is A Disgusting Thing

...this is indeed avant garde...although I have given this the mathcore tag many a time there is definetely something more experimental about this...

...now I'm a real sucker for dissonant and diminished guitar sounds...which there is a plenty...and honestly I would buy it for the instrumentals alone...the drummer is fast...the guitars are squeaky and dirty...and the bassist sounds like a tremor...

...but of course there is also talk of the vocals...now unlike their earlier work of Canada songs (tee hee I said canada) there is barely any screaming at all...but he takes to the poetic rambling of a theatre critic on the edge singing "I drew a portrait of how I'd look with my hands around my throat"...it's very good to hear someone carry on the torch for nick cave and adds to the destruction of the guitars very percussively and poetically...

...I think if you want a sample "Recorded inside a pyramid" would be the best example and can be listened to on their myspace...their hell involves horses? Wow...

On this album, Daughters become even less accessible :) The vocal stylings of old have been totally overhauled to make way for a far more avant-garde, Antioch Arrow-esque approach, chock full of theatrical enunciation and dramatic proclamations. While Canada Songs was an excellently brief math-grind assault, Hell Songs is a lot more archetypically structured and bizarre, with some of the most unusual songs I've ever heard; mostly composed of shrill staccato bursts and arpeggiated noise riffs, the songs on this album have actually breached the 2 minute mark. I can't really point out any standout tracks; this is one of those albums you should listen to from start to finish to truly appreciate (although the epic 6 minute Cheers Pricks is probably the bands best song to date).
Reccomended for you adventurous types :D

Bought this album after I saw the band for the first time. I love the 'blah blah blah' style of singing, and the guitar and bass work is amazing. A great album.

This cd is musically great, vocally new and different from anything you would think this cd is. That is why its great, they took a chance and im sick of hearing bad reviews and how no one enjoyed it because it wasnt as the sun sets. Well guess what, this is Daughters. Not As The Sun Sets. They broke up and formed something new and different, and in my opinion something just as good. Buy this cd, listen to the cd and enjoy it. Dont be a idiot and expect music not to change. If you like Canada songs, listen to it. If you like as the sun sets listen to it, but open your doors and blast this cd top volume and just enjoy.

Well, first off, i love the music Daughters make. The band is creative, technical, and overall amazing musicians. Also, i enjoy the vocal change. The singer's voice is very distinguishing, in my opinion, the vocals add more substance to the band's music. However, the is one thing i did not like about the cd. The length of the songs are too short. I feel that this band can make mindboggling epic songs. I would enjoy if the band would make their songs more lengthy in the further. Nevertheless, i believe there is an extraordinary amount of potential that this band has not yet explored in their music.

This album is amazing. The music is taken to the next level beyond canada songs. A lot of people do not like the new style of vocals but in my opinion they totally fit and I like this album better. It is completely deranged. This is one of the only bands in existence that does not compare to others, or can be described as - If you like so & so, you will like daughters. They are in a (mental) league of their own.

The thing that struck me most about this album was that the vocals are somewhat sung instead of being screamed incoherently. This is not what I expected after Canada Songs, where on the entire album you can understand one, maybe two, words. I guess this is the Daughters way of trying to make themselves more accessible, but, personally, I like the incoherent screaming.

In this album, they also extend the length of their songs into two or even three minutes, but the guitar work is still syncopated and spazzed-out as you would expect. This album is different, but good. If you even know who these guys are, then you have a taste for the strange and fast so don't waste any more time and buy this cd.

so, they got a Birthday Party CD for x-mas and the singer thinks he's nick cave now.

either way, it's still a fun record..