Centralia
Studio album by
Car Bomb
ReleasedFebruary 6, 2007 (2007-02-06)
Recorded2006
GenreMathcore
Length31:54
LabelRelapse
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Centralia is the debut studio album by the American band Car Bomb. This was the band's first full-length release, following a 2004 demo. It is also the band's only release through Relapse Records, which dropped the band four years later in 2011.[1] The album's title was named after the doomed town of Centralia, Pennsylvania, which was abandoned during an underground mine fire.[2] The track's lyrical content and titles cover various topics - Cielo Drive (also known as 'Bloodbath Orgy') was named after the road on which one of the infamous Manson Family spree-killings were committed (10050 Cielo Drive), H5N1 is the medical abbreviation for the then-recent outbreak strain of Bird Flu, while 'M^6' covers neglect of a mother.

Reception

Critics praised the album's complex and ferocious rhythms. Keith Bergman, writing for Blabbermouth.net, argues in a highly positive 8/10 review that the album is "a lurching start-stop mélange of tempos that switch back and forth fast enough to give you whiplash, even more brutal for its lack of cohesion and unsettling, jittery rhythmic convulsions."[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Pieces of You"2:58
2."Gum Under the Table"3:27
3."Rid"0:27
4."Cellophane Stiletto"2:53
5."Best Intentions"4:26
6."M^6"2:15
7."His Eyes"4:18
8."Hypnotic Worm"3:19
9."Cielo Drive"2:27
10."Solid Grey"2:12
11."H5N1"3:14

Japanese release included the song 'Bra-c-ket'.

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Moore, Doug. "Review: Car Bomb – w^w^^w^w". Invisible Oranges. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Website covering the history of Centralia, PA.
  3. ↑ Bergman, Keith (22 January 2007). "CD Reviews – Centralia Car Bomb". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
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