Geisha - Mondo Dell'Orrore...

The band Geisha is a trio from Bristol, England who has just recently released their debut album Mondo Dell'Orrore through Crucial Blast. Although being self proclaimed noise rockers, the album opens up with two short vicious pieces that while noisy and full of distortion, it reminds me more so of older dirge rock bands from the early to mid nineties. The only noticeable difference is the heavy amounts of distortion, which is even doused upon the vocals when they are rarely used bringing to mind the great Unsane. However, Geisha employ a very nice sense of melody under all that white noise to keep things moving and interesting. It’s the bands ability to go from quick bursts of assaulting rock to the longer much more melodic pieces like “Love Theme From Reich Here, Reich Now” that really impresses me.

As a whole Mondo Dell'Orrore really sounds like it could have been given birth during the mid nineties when post-hardcore and noise rock were much larger than they are now. However, an album like this just goes to show just how well some of those older acts and albums have stood the test of time and still bare a very large influence on a lot of the things we listen to today. Geisha have done well on utilizing an impressive mix of styles, both old and new.

Geisha – How to Kill a Career [MP3]
Geisha – Love Theme From Reich Here, Reich Now [MP3]

For any of you that are into this, you can pick it up over at Crucial Blast. Also give the band some more listens if you wish over at their MySpace.