Noxious Emotion: Count Zero
- The Future
- Street
- Loveshocked
- Boundary
- Steril
- M.A.R.K.-13
- The Present
- SO-937
- Eye-Claw
- Bio-Analogue
- Neural Surge
- The Past
This advanced copy of the second Noxious Emotion album is tentatively titled
"Count Zero", probably after the William Gibson book by the same name. The
first thing I noticed upon listening to the album was that Noxious Emotion have
finally shed their strong Skinny Puppy influence in favor of more original
sounds. This has allowed them to transcend the problem of sounding like a clone
band, and let them stand alone as a musical project. Musically, the album
is full of percussion heavy songs that are just too slow to receive any
significant club play. The vocals also contain more than their fair share of
expletives, therefore denying them steady radio airplay. As a result, I feel
that despite all their hard work and effort, they won't receive proper praise
for this album simply because they self-imposed too many constraints upon
themselves. However, they still continue to play live in and around the Seattle
area. That coupled with the replacement equipment purchased after their
disastrous tour attempt in early 1996, will at least keep them afloat long
enough for at least one more album.
Noxious Emission are:
Mike Wimer & Shane Benson
Contact:
Noxious Emotion
2146 N 113th St #103
Seattle, WA 98133
E-mail: noxious@isomedia.com
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