{"id":68390,"date":"2017-07-10T13:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=68390"},"modified":"2017-07-10T12:33:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T17:33:09","slug":"review-1476-our-season-draws-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/review-1476-our-season-draws-near\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: +1476+ &#8212; Our Season Draws Near"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Hhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhggggnnnnnhhhhhhh<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/album=2212886626\/size=venti\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=4285BB\/\" style=\"position:relative;display:block;width:400px;height:100px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>+1476<\/strong>+ is from Salem, Massachusetts of all places.\u00a0There is so much metal cred oozing from this fact that it begs the question: <em>Why aren&#8217;t more metal bands from Salem?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2. Their new album, <em>Our Season Draws Near<\/em>, was quietly released by Prophecy Productions in March. When I say quietly, I mean even a bat couldn&#8217;t have heard this thing drop. I&#8217;m mad at myself for not knowing this album existed. I&#8217;m madder at Prophecy for their soft marketing touch.<\/p>\n<p>3. Prophecy has a hard-on for dark folk blended with metal, and +1476+ certainly does that, but they do it in a way that is miraculously fresh and surprising.<\/p>\n<p>4. I could waste this entire review trying to parse out the alchemical mix of genres at play on <em>Our Season Draws Near<\/em>. But nobody&#8217;s got time for that, so I&#8217;ll just waste this part right here. This album is predominantly post-hardcore and folk, with strains of D-beat and indie rock and one or two tips o&#8217; the cap to black metal. So, like, 80% post-hardcore, 15% folk rock and 5% <strong>H\u00fcsker D\u00fc.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5. I&#8217;m not even going to explain that last part. I&#8217;m just going to leave that lying there for you to ponder or ignore.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/14761.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68465\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/14761-1024x1024.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/14761.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/14761.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/14761.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/14761.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/14761.jpg?resize=130%2C130&amp;ssl=1 130w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/14761.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/14761.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6. Doubtless my impressions of the album&#8217;s vibe are influenced by the cover art. Be that as it may, this thing positively screams NEW ENGLAND. It reminds me of dramatic skies, wooded hills and fickle weather patterns; of clam chowder and small lakes\u00a0and Lyme Disease; of life endured in close proximity to both forest and sea. I do not believe that <em>Our Season Draws Near<\/em> could have been forged anywhere else in the world.<\/p>\n<p>7. The vocals are the star of the show. In moments of quietude they are breathy and fragile; when the songs rage, the vocals rage along with disarming, barely contained emotion. This guy&#8217;s got a wide range of textures to work with, from melodic singing to hardcore-inflected shout-singing to a full-on manic shriek. As a lyricist, he ain&#8217;t too shabby neither, spinning wordy and eloquent tales of isolation, failure and Seasonal Effective Disorder.<\/p>\n<p>8. Which leads us to the fact that this is a major feel-bad album. But it&#8217;s so intimate and beautiful and rousing that it opens up a whole color palette with which to paint its dismal moods. And in doing so reminds us that sometimes it feels very very good to feel very very bad.<\/p>\n<p>9. I am writing this review in list form because either A) I cannot for the life of me shit out these ideas in an elegant way or B) I like it when Roberto Bola\u00f1o does this type of thing so I&#8217;m giving it a whirl.<\/p>\n<p>10. Album highlights include <u><strong>THE WHOLE FUCKING THING<\/strong><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>11. I said before that <em>Our Season Draws Near<\/em> is surprising. How so, you ask? Well, for one it sounds like an incoherent genre-hop at first, but the longer you listen the more you see how blissfully these disparate elements coexist. Take a song like &#8220;Solitude (Exterior)&#8221;, a bittersweet acoustic ballad which suddenly erupts into sour chords and blastbeats around the 3:45 mark. Or &#8220;Solitude (Interior)&#8221;, in which wretched vocals materialize amidst a driving post-punky chorus. These might not look like the most graceful shifts on paper, but they are executed so deftly that you&#8217;ll soon realize the songs could not have unfurled any other way.<\/p>\n<p>12. Sad folk lovers rejoice! <em>Our Season Draws Near<\/em> is bookended by brooding acoustic ditties the likes of which <strong>Agalloch<\/strong> often attempted but never really landed.<\/p>\n<p>13. Here are some pictures of New England that look like +1476+ sounds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/graveyard-3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68423\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/graveyard-3-614x1024.jpg?resize=614%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/graveyard-3.jpg?resize=614%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 614w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/graveyard-3.jpg?resize=180%2C300&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/graveyard-3.jpg?resize=768%2C1281&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/graveyard-3.jpg?resize=400%2C667&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/graveyard-3.jpg?w=1228&amp;ssl=1 1228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/lake-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-68418\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/lake-1-614x1024.jpg?resize=614%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/lake-1.jpg?resize=614%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 614w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/lake-1.jpg?resize=180%2C300&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/lake-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1281&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/lake-1.jpg?resize=400%2C667&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/lake-1.jpg?w=1228&amp;ssl=1 1228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bridge-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-68424\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bridge-1-1024x614.jpg?resize=618%2C371&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bridge-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C614&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bridge-1.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bridge-1.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bridge-1.jpg?resize=400%2C240&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bridge-1.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>14. You can purchase <em>Our Season Draws Near<\/em> digitally <a href=\"http:\/\/1476.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> or on physical media <a href=\"http:\/\/us.prophecy.de\/artists\/1476\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">her<\/a>e. +1476+ would\u00a0prefer you to follow them on Instagram but&#8230;I don&#8217;t know how to use it so I guess just go find them there yourself.<\/p>\n<p>15. Rating time. I&#8217;ve scored <em>Our Season Draws Near<\/em> at:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ONE GIANT DISEASE-INFESTED DEER TICK<\/strong> (=5 FLAMING TOILETS OV HELL)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/deertick-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-68416\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/deertick-1-912x1024.jpg?resize=585%2C657&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/deertick-1.jpg?resize=912%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 912w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/deertick-1.jpg?resize=267%2C300&amp;ssl=1 267w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/deertick-1.jpg?resize=768%2C863&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/deertick-1.jpg?resize=400%2C449&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/deertick-1.jpg?w=1322&amp;ssl=1 1322w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/1476.bandcamp.com\/album\/our-season-draws-near\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Via<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orkin.com\/other\/ticks\/deer-ticks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhggggnnnnnhhhhhhh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":68414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Richter presents 15 compelling reasons why +1476+ RULES.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12,70],"tags":[10752,274,4947,10757,10753,6864,3443],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/14763.jpg?fit=720%2C376&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68390"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}