Ricaine - Regret is an Inevitable Consequence of Life

For those that have never heard of Melbourne, Australia’s Ricaine and are fans of math/noise-rock then you might be in a for a treat here. Ricaine were together from roughly 1994 to 2002 and during that time managed to release a couple of EP’s and three albums before calling it a day. Their first album Regret is an Inevitable Consequence of Life released in 1996 is a solid slab of moody noise-rock with some chunky Helmet like guitar thrown into the mix. To me it’s probably the best out of their three albums, although their follow up The Clarity of Distance released in 1997 and recorded with Bob Weston is a really close second. Maybe that’s where all the Shellac comparisons come from that get attached to this band, although I am quite sure they were getting them before their second album as well, who knows. Regardless, I don’t think Ricaine really sounds all too much like Shellac, if any at all. Anyway, check out the couple tracks from Regret is an Inevitable Consequence of Life below. It’s good stuff.

Ricaine – The Failed Actor [MP3]
Ricaine – 308 [MP3]

Ricaine would go on to release their final album in 2002 which was called Urbanity. Since then the members have all went on to other projects. Neil Thomason is currently doing recording work and actually worked on the band My Disco’s latest record which I wrote a bit about on here at one point. Anyway, for those looking for Regret is an Inevitable Consequence of Life, it can be had over at Rubber Records in their online shop, albeit relatively pricey. Enjoy!