RxGF: Any Other Way
RxGF
Any Other Way
(Orange Allies)
Any Other Way is the fourthĀ release from Brooklyn/Seattle indie-darkwave group RxGF.
Crunchy grit and plunky atmopshere with tom tom backing pushes the title track along, while we get growly voices and a dark jungle beat of Matthew Burgessā percussion on āHow To Make It,ā a nod to Siouxsie and The Banshees.
We get the first color of electric guitar and some good melody on āWe Will Not Be Deniedā with bleed-through keys and what I feel is one of the best vocals here from singer Angeline Schaaf on one of the bandās more realized tunes. āAntidoteā gives us that roiling synth noise, akin to NIN and again Shaaf with plodding synth bass parts. The soft keys and snapping beginning to āThe Hitā reveals a shunky beat with a male vocal this time and some dramatic synth lines over a building trash dance beat. When IĀ reached the song titled āKontrollier Die Kontrollierenden,ā I suddenly realized that throughout Any Other Way,Ā this four-piece band is as much mining Kraftwork territory as Ultravox, which is what the mix of bleats and burps and toms remind me of on this tune.
āFlowā is all metallic arpeggiating roiling bass synths, very cool stuff, and Iām reminded of Kratfwork again with a hint of Tangerine Dream. I liked this song a lot, though itās not much of a song overall. John Morgan Reillyās heavy drumming is very good here though.
Thereās a lot of sound to what RxGF manages and a certain attitude one either will take toā¦or not.