By the time the tribal beats come in on the elongated stinging key strikes of the opening tune “When The Sun Aligns,” one can’t help but being captured into the world of Ken Fury’s 5th album, Plains of Inferno. By the time we get to “When The Land Blows Dust,” three tunes in, things have gotten completely perfect kinetic…with more tribal soundscapes and atmospheric synths. I so dig this title tune, the wild spoken lyric, the desperation, and harkening back to things that have gone by from way in the past; great deep stuff here from NY-based Fury and his Nuevomexicano and Indigenous Genízaro descent.
There’s not much across these 11 tunes I don’t like. Mining Bowie, Trent Reznor (who certainly was influenced by Bowie), and some Gary Newman, Fury is an artist like these men, completely in control of his singular vision as all songs here are written, produced, and performed by the man.
“Through the Trees,” once again seeing Fury talking as much as singing, presents an infectious snapping upfront beat, maybe the fastest of the bunch here. I love the light touches of single keynotes in the slight change-up of the chorus where you are not exactly sure that you even hear a change from the verse; smart, sly songwriting here.
Things slow town to plinking droplet sounds on the spectacular “Becoming the Mountain.” Fury is careful as he bends and tickles the twinkly soundscape here, layering in simple rushes of sounds to what could be best described as a quick soundscape, which leads into the low pulsations of “Heat,” more or less where I felt Plains of Inferno was heading all along. Stomping steam beats, Fury at one of his best emotive vocals, sweeping changes in modulation, this is epic stuff.
Get lost in Plains of Inferno and all Mr. F has to offer…you’ll be glad you did.
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