Album Review: Foresterr – The Town Dies Screaming

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Foresterr are described as a noise rock band that hail from Long Island, New York, they are composed of the classic trio of bass, guitar and drums, but that’s where convention ends as their music is characterized by unconventional song structures and dark jagged compositions. In the four years that Foresterr have been in existence they have developed a reputation for frenzied stage performances from live shows in support of their initial trio of EP’s, now The Town Dies Screaming signals their first full length release. 

The ominous bassline of Smut kicks off The Town Dies Screaming, it carries a veiled menace in it’s dark hybrid of post punk and noise rock which crashes headlong into the album’s discordant title track. This is an album that is by no means an easy listen, the constant time changes and spiky riffs make this an unpredictable beast of an album, it’s not until 999 Barrel that you get anything approaching a ceasefire from the relentless angular assault. The Town Dies Screaming constantly veers between styles and delivery all the while maintaining a unique approach and building towards a cacophonous finale, the epic jarring Moonwalker.

This is an odd crossbreed of noise rock and post punk, however Foresterr are a band who have also taken a smash and grab approach to their sound, The Town Dies Screaming contains elements of punk, hardcore, grunge and math rock alongside the prominent influences, which makes this a unique and challenging hybrid that is impossible to pin down. At it’s core it’s born of that unpredictable offshoot of hardcore, noise rock, but there is more to Foresterr than that just being another distorted and discordant outfit, this a challenging album that spans the noisier and experimental side of music that was spawned from punk.

The Town Dies Screaming can be ordered via Puddlejumper Distro here