### Prescient: The polynomial framework

#### 24/02/12 || Habakuk

So they do exist.

Bands that send their shit to Global Domination and don’t suck. It’s easy to lose hope when swimming in the everflowing gel-like mass of dripping musical mediocrity that permeates the world and is funneled straight into our inbox by the wide open internet floodgates. Yep, they exist. See: Prescient. These three Aussies decided not to have a vocalist and focus on being interesting instead. Their general sound traces back to Meshuggah (who’d have guessed with an album title like that), and the production is done well enough to allow for such a comparison as well. Yet while there are of course progressivations and technicalishamalies to be found, what’s really striking is the everpresent groove, and yes, even good melodic leads (there even was a very good bass lead somewhere) can be found. Which is not bad if you’re an instrumental band, if you get my point.

Who’s still interested in bands that are pushing the envelope of spastically cramming more notes (faster! FASTER!) into supercomputer-generated time signatures? I boldly postulate: assholes. Everyone else has moved on (or should I say back?) towards sounding good first, technical possibly second. The latter group of people are who Prescient play for. And you’re not an asshole, are you? So check them the fuck out. Go.

8/10. A label-sent worth keeping.