Boris with Michio Kurihara
Rainbow
Inoxia
2007
Rating: 7.5 double rainbows out of 10
Japanese rockers Boris are best known for their drone-laden stoner metal output, but when teamed with legendary guitarist Michio Kurihara (probably best known as a member of the band Ghost) the output is worlds apart. Not that I really expect anything else from Boris, they have proven over the years to be more than willing to collaborate with others (Merzbow, Keiji Hainoi, Sunn O)))) and come up with fresh new music, but this release might be my favorite of theirs, be it solo or with others. It’s a droney, noisy psyche-freakout masterpiece, that if you listened to it in bits and pieces it might sound chaotic and nonsensical, but as an album it works beautifully. There’s really nothing metal here at all, and this is easily as melodic as Boris have ever sounded; in fact, there are a number of moments where the record almost sounds like some of the mellower output of Mogwai. This is really top-notch music, and different enough to bring new fans to Boris without alienating their older ones.
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