Flemish Altruism (Constituent Parts 1993-1996)

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Total Tracks: 10   Total Length: 73:18

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in the beginning

bikefridaywalter

i saw amf open up for some band i went to see in pdx and was blown away. totally forgot that i was there to see someone else. their amazing capacity to be so beautiful and emotive and then suddenly erupt into feedbacky, highly percussive, angular guitar lines and the most insane drumming ever had me captivated. i bought inindependence on the spot and basically wore it into the ground. so when i saw this on emusic, i had to pick it up. one can tell this isn't as polished nor does it share the unique vision as on their latter album, but it rocks none the less. i wouldn't say this is an album for the completists like many collected early works are, but an essential document.

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she's right.....

e-strings

I got this album several years ago (prior to Y2K and all) and used to listen to it all the time. I worked in a record shop in Juneau, AK for awhile and was playing some unwound in the shop and who should walk in but John Benson, bass player for AMF, apparently aiding a wheelchair bound friend (or client) on a family visit. Anyhow, he was surprised that anyone from AK had heard of Unwound, nevermind AMF. It made my day. Anhow, "So Jesus was at the last supper..." really IS the most rocking song I've ever heard, Tania is right. Just check out the contrast between the nearly happy melody during the pinnacle and the extremely anguished screaming. It sends chills down my spine every time I hear it!

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awesome through and through

tania

Seriously... how many songs rock any harder than "So Jesus Was at the Last Supper..."? This album is what you need Mr. and Miss Indie rock.

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Fans of a particular Chicago sound — the minimal, angular hardcore sound usually associated with Steve Albini, who produced half of the tracks on Flemish Altruism — have a wonderful band in A Minor Forest. The songs collected on the album are sprawling and usually more laid-back than the sound implies, sometimes sounding like Shellac’s more sparse work and sometimes slowing down to resemble the darker, bass-heavy offerings of Low (“Ed is 50″), but the band has the ability to explode into a full-scale hardcore sound. For those interested in song-based pop, this is not the right album, but anyone who can settle into a creepy crawl of heavy bass and off-kilter guitars will find this is an excellent work. – Nitsuh Abebe

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