Frodus: And We Washed Our Weapons In The Sea
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Frodus may have helped pioneer the “spazzcore” genre with their earlier releases, including the solid Tooth and Nail release Conglomerate International, but it would be a stretch to pigeonhole their final album, And We Washed Our Weapons In The Sea, in such a narrow style. On And We Washed Our Weapons In The Sea, Frodus run through a variety of hardcore and post-hardcore punk styles, sometimes featuring clean vocals and undistorted guitars, sometimes creating walls of distortion and howling. As is customary for the band, there is a strong anti-establishment political agenda present on almost every track, with the exceptions of two instrumentals and “6/99,” an ode to the passing of two friends of the band. However, guitarist/vocalist Shelby Cinca and the rest of Frodus are talented enough to create music that isn’t weighed down by the political bent to the lyrics and packaging. The album is a cohesive whole, a musical statement uncommon in music today. The flow of the album progresses like the war implied by its title, building from the beginning to a climax of sound and anguish, and winding down with its final cut, the title track. Evoking at times Les Savy Fav, The Nation of Ulysses, and …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Frodus have cut an excellent slice of millennial punk rock. And We Washed Our Weapons In The Sea established Frodus as one of the most promising acts in post-hardcore indie rock, and it is a crying shame the band broke up without recording anything further.
Buy album– Kevin