Quieter than usual and announced experiments remain tame

The year is 2009 and the longstanding Dredg fan is in bright turmoil. Album no. 4 is on, but not only that ...
MTV hype and the previously released single "Information" on kindergarten samplers between Mark Medlock and Rihanna ...
Quick call the first "sale", but we must sit back, because even if ", The Parrot, The Delusion The Pariah" has become quite calm, you sound on album length less than half the radio compatible as "information" suggested first ,
Of course, the back four from San Francisco again comes with a concept around the corner. Based on Salman Rushdie's essay "A Letter to the Sixth Billionth Citizen", the new album will be post for the seven millionth.

18 songs spread over almost 61 minutes and no less than 10 (one counts "RUOK" to) Instrumentals and cutscenes, the so-called. "Stamps Of Origin", let the concept clearly seem more present than on its predecessor.

The opener "Pariah" is undoubtedly Dredg. Super debut after four years, large number.
After that, however, ear-witness of Dredges turmoil, wanting to be experimental, but without overwhelming to act.
"Drunk Slide" is purely instrumental and runs more in the sand, "Ireland" is perhaps the hymnischste piece in the discography, but simply can not fix, because there are too interchangeable sounds and "Gathering Pebbles" reminds me too much of too much of diverse Schmachtnummern of large pop-rock bands of the 80s.
In addition, you have to wait until nine titles on the first harder guitar riffs. Just a pity that it is merely the second-rate "Saviour" here, which has already been pre-recorded with mixed feelings. I myself will not warm with this song, Gavin Hayes see stilt vorm mind's eye on tiptoe across the stage. Fortunately, get the song from minute one still something the curve.
Be sure to mention to date include but "Light Switch", a successful symbiosis of "Synthesizer" (denkste, Dredg played on a kind of organ) and quaint-sounding guitar and the hotly debated "information", which expanded by a bridge compared to the Single Version was what the whole number does very well. Catchy song with catchy potential and in my eyes fiercely criticized.

Two half of "The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion" has three real highlights. "I Do not Know", which represents the typical Dredg song with a modern twist, the ballad "Cartoon Showroom" - cast in tones beauty - and "Quotes", in which for the first time there is a breath of progressives through the speakers.
In addition, "Down To The Cellar" is not to be despised. An instrumental in prime Dredge tradition.
Too bad that you have produced with "Mourning The Morning" a total failure. For me a greasy number with 70-Esprit and discosoundigen strings objections - which I do not want to hear in 2009 so, sorry.
Even the brave musicalesk seemingly instrumental "Long Days And Vague Clues" acting out of place at all artistic merit. I miss the unique antithesis or something additional, beyond the only song really the underlying concept.

Dredg offer on "The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion" more appealing thoughtful compositional art, make it the critics caste but by lack of courage, and ultimately a lack of consistency quite easy to criticize the latest output in conjunction with the hype.
Of course you can represent the cheers as exclamations of Fanboytums, as well one can accuse the harsh critics, to be die-hards who lock themselves in their little room and cry about "El Cielo" and those who choose the golden mean, which assumes you also sometimes like to have no opinion.

Really wrong will ultimately wealthier none and I have to recognize, though, "The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion" is a bit too stuffy for my taste and good at many ends around the corner, to Dredg are but remained faithful and that's what we all hoped for.