Review: reakt[ion] - We Are the Cause of Our Own Despair
React[ion] We Are The Cause of Our Own Despair
I will have to preface this piece by saying that I have been there for a majority of the creation of We Are the Cause of Our Own Despair, because I live with Wes from reakt[ion], and that it has been a pleasure watching this EP come together. WATCOOD is the follow up EP to 2011’s debut EP, Attrition,which brought a hard EBM dance beat down on the Portland crowd with distorted vocals and political undertones. WATCOOD, however, is a step in another direction. Presented at a slower overall tempo, WATCOOD delivers an avid punch in the guy of the human condition with intense breakdowns and just a hint of wobble bass (often found in dubstep.) But make no mistake, this is not a hybrid dubstep project – reakt[ion] manages to bring these elements very clearly to the world of HarshEBM, along the lines of Die Sektor’s Final Electro Solution.
The lyrical content of WATCOOD is something to be mentioned as well. I felt that the content of the first release, while well written, was too politically focused and ignored personal reflection. WATCOOD however is an open wound bleeding out, the words raw and freshly carved out. It is refreshing, to me, to hear such honest, and personal lyrics from this project.
Buy it now: http://reaktion.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-the-cause-of-our-own-despair