"There has never been a murder here. A murder!"
He stared down, the blood still wet.
"This is Alpha 60. Even the word murder is banned... has been banned since 2190. What dark times unfold before us? I have not been programmed to solve such crimes"
Brown was right, since the inception of the implant systems in 2190 murder had become the unspoken subject of children's stories, not reality. Even using the word would mean certain retirement (ironically, murders official replacement by the I.A.B.D. in the CDA verbal communication manual). Fuzz looked at his friend, in a day when friends could look so human, but were constructs of wire, plastics, and nano-thought. A poisonous look.
"We will need help. In darkness, my god, I am blind."
And thought of Synn and Pelosi; of the magnitude of this indulgance.
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"[..]8mm Fuzz are really not to my taste at all. The singer's got that tortured Robert Smith tone to his voice. The drumming is all thumping 'dance music'[...]"
Steve Gisselbrecht, The Noise
Granted, it’s been a lot of years since I listened to Echo & the Bunnymen, The Smiths, or The Cure, but various songs by these bands surfaced in my memory as I listened to this, so I’m gonna name-drop ’em. Frankly, I can think of few local bands that sound less local, and that isn’t a bad thing. The disc's strong points are well-constructed songs, polished and atmospheric musicianship, and excellent production values. Does it work for me? No. To trot out the old saw for the thousandth time, this just isn’t my style. But there is absolutely nothing to bitch about other than a simple matter of musical tastes, so how can I slag it? The songs vary in dynamics nicely, the synthesizer sound doesn’t sound out of place, and every song has at least one moment that made me think, “Hey, that was pretty cool.†So, if the aforementioned bands tickle your fancy, or if they ever did, seek this out, you moody kids.
Tim Emswiler, The Noise
