Calories - Adventuring
Ballsy guitars, infectious hooks and harmonies to kill, think you’ve heard it all before, eh? Think again. I present you Calories. ‘Adventuring’ gives a sense of urgency which becomes clearer when you realise the foursome are barely a year old in its current state as Calories. The longest song (Forests of Varg) barely passes 3 and a half minutes and most do fall short of 2 minutes, but length is not the key nor of importance, it’s how they use it. And use it they do.
‘A Bear A Bison’ crashes in with immediate effect, throwing you to the floor and breathing all over you before ‘Caught in the In-Between’ spits in your face. They stop next to kick you into oblivion with ‘To Encounter A Dear’ before proclaiming “Adventuring is dangerous, but danger can be funnnnn” in album highlight title track ‘Adventuring’.
Then up comes ‘Fragile Numbers’ a grungy number followed by ‘Oh K.S.S.T’, and both these clock in at 1 minute 48 but make such a impact and seem to fit so much in and appear so much longer, in a good way obviously. ‘Drugged’ lets you fall into a false sense of security starting slower than any other song on ‘Adventuring’ before it but then flies into a hands-in-the-air chorus moment and later going back to a more solid noisy climate created on the album. ‘Same Ideals’, the shortest song on the album, hits you again like a train, carrying on the relentless pace. ‘(See You on the Expedition)’ also shows the hints of British hardcore that peeps through on the entire album.
The climax ‘Forests of Varg’ starts off recalling earlier Arcade Fire than Biffy Clyro and proceeds to an elongated crescendo, well as long as one would get on ‘Adventuring, and ultimately stops dead.
‘Adventuring’ is a album that deserves its place in your record collection for years and years. It leaves you wanting more, much more. Calories push you over, throw you up and leave you hanging. But for once, you don’t mind it at all.
9.2
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