Founded by Louisville musician Ryan Patterson and including Kayhan Vaziri and Carter Wilson, power trio COLISEUMย have grown to become one of today’s quintessential contemporary punk bands. Successfully melding progressive musicianship, hardcore fervor, and vital social awareness into one constantly evolving artistic vision.ย Over the last decade COLISEUM have released music on a host of labels including; Temporary Residence, Relapse, Level Plane, Auxiliary (Ryanโs own label), and Deathwish.ย โAnxietyโs Kissโ is the new album from COLISEUM , recorded at The Magpie Cage by producer/engineer J. Robbins (Jawbox, Burning Airlines). โAnxietyโs Kissโ is a hook-laden maturation of the COLISEUM sound. Nods to their early D-Beat leanings are there, but it is their willingness to embrace Post-Punk melody and explore the space between notes that make โAnxietyโs Kissโ so alluring. Confidently growing within the punk world, without ever leaving it behind.
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โWe Are The Waterโ kicks things off with a synth-driven stomp while lyrically serving as a poignant social awakening and call for human empathy. Amidst a tangle and twang of melody, โCourse Correctionโ and โWrong/Goodbyeโ then emerge to tackle the ripe subjects of class division and police brutality. โDrums & Amplifiersโ picks up pace, taking on those who reflect on their punk past rather than absorb the spirit that still charges the air around us. Itโs not all social and subcultural commentary though. The dizzying โDark Light Of Seductionโ and sultry โSharp Fangs, Pale Fleshโ (where J. Robbins guests performing the BulBul Tarang) are darkly provocative narratives about the power of lust and love. In soul and tone, they both interject an emotional underbelly to it all. Robbins also adds bass on โComedownโ, an industrial-tinged romp led by Vaziriโs baritone guitar and Wilsonโs booming toms. Coincidentally, it is also the first Coliseum song ever recorded to not feature Patterson on guitar. โSunlight in a Snowstormโ is the band at their most melodic, with a snow-covered New York City as its lyrical backdrop. The high beam lit, cinematic noir of โDriver at Duskโ and infectious, fuzzed-out โEscape Yr Skullโ lastly descend to close out the album. A flawless, yin and yang pairing that is Coliseum at the peak of their experimental and anthemic powers.
