Description
Killing Joke's "Night Time" album is a dark and brooding record that showcases the band's edge and talent for producing a polished sound. The centerpiece of the album is the song "Love Like Blood," which features Geordie guitars that arc out like ruby lasers, Paul Raven's percolating basslines, and Coleman's preening synths. The album also features the New Wave/punk/dance thrash of Eighties, all raw guitar sarcasm and rhythmic thunderclap. The near-majestic atmosphere that infuses NIGHT TIME paved the way for the even more accomplished BRIGHTER THAN A THOUSAND SUNS.
Killing Joke continued to move from strength to strength with the
visceral NIGHT TIME. The band's edges still displayed something of
the brittle surface of earlier records, but its playing had become
more polished, Jaz Coleman's vocals more intelligible and wrought
with bitter irony, and the charged energy of its signature sound
was now being produced with a more sophisticated hand. Love Like
Blood is truly the album's centerpiece, Geordie's guitars arcing
out like ruby lasers, etching a piquant melody above Paul Raven's
percolating basslines, Coleman's preening synths and the gargantuan
thrust of Paul Ferguson's mighty drums. Multitudes occupies a
similar space but replaces the earlier song's massive forward
motion with probing interludes of guitar and percussion. Also
present here is the New Wave/punk/dance thrash of Eighties, all
raw guitar sarcasm and rhythmic thunderclap. The near-majestic
atmosphere that infuses NIGHT TIME paved the way for the even more
accomplished BRIGHTER THAN A THOUSAND SUNS.