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Down I Go
Witness the Shitness



Release Date: 2010 | Tracklist


The cover for Witness The ***ness looks like it was haphazardly rustled up in a few minutes, which is fair enough considering it’s for a compilation self-described as ***. Although I do think Down I Go were being a bit hard on themselves, as its obvious these tracks are meant to be taken as a bit of fun; sharing the shorter length and overtly ridiculous nature of their early output. Of the eight songs here three are demos from Tyrants and Robotcore, the other five being random snapshots from different eras in Down I Go’s career. There’s the punchy exuberance of “Dionysus” (“I am the god of wine!”), the falsetto parody of “King Herod The Great” and the strangely festive duo of “Santasauras” and “I Am Reindeer”, serving as useful reminders that no topic is off limits to Down I Go’s absurd brand of hardcore. As usual Pete Fraser lays down his eclectic vocals, shouting, squealing and gibbering his way through bite-sized morsels of the bands inane ***-abouts. They truly are ***-abouts too, with the instrumentation straying more towards the simpler side than anything compositionally complex. They’re still impressively catchy though, with a lot of interesting and predictably silly ideas crammed into one minute exercises. This brevity does have the downfall of leaving me yearning for more, but that’s a small price to pay to experience more from a band that’s one of a kind.



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Mort.
December 8th 2016


25062 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

my fourth review for this criminally overlooked band



short review for a very short comp

calmrose
December 8th 2016


6782 Comments


absolutely love You're Lucky God, That I Cannot Reach You, need to check the rest of their discography hard

nice write-up too

Mort.
December 8th 2016


25062 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

yeah you do



and cheers

MH18
December 8th 2016


456 Comments


''absolutely love You're Lucky God, That I Cannot Reach You, need to check the rest of their discography hard''

This applies to me 100%.

Also,nice little review Mort

calmrose
December 8th 2016


6782 Comments


sweet, they're on Spotify, will jam soon

Mort.
December 8th 2016


25062 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

thanks



and yeah all their other stuff is solid as fuck, Gods is my favourite by far

MH18
December 8th 2016


456 Comments


Cool, will hop on that first

Trebor.
Emeritus
December 8th 2016


59835 Comments


I must check out this band

Mort.
June 27th 2019


25062 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

did treb ever check out this band? did mort ever learn how to write reviews that flow properly? am i procrastinating by looking at old reviews?



find out next week

Demon of the Fall
June 27th 2019


33634 Comments


Only heard 'This is Disastercore', it's decent if a little bizarre at times. I'm pretty sure I only checked it because the album/track names amused me.

Is their other material at all similar, or does it vary wildly? I notice how the two after Disastercore have way more votes and a similar average.

Mort.
June 27th 2019


25062 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

tyrants, gods and Youre lucky God, are all more mature than disastercore



(both in songwriting and lyrically)



not to say they are bereft of silliness however, just not as silly as disastercore or robotcore

Mort.
June 27th 2019


25062 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

The Mortals Ep from a couple of years ago is also quite good imo

XingKing
June 27th 2019


16149 Comments


I'd recommend You're Lucky and Gods as nice entry points. Peep the second half of this track and cream your panties -
https://youtu.be/WWtZ8lY3Xyg

Mort.
June 27th 2019


25062 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

also while this thread is bumpin



https://twitter.com/DownIGo/status/1144015254483025925



new ep on the way, and theyre looking for reviewers. im passing seeming as ive tackled 4 of their releases already

XingKing
June 27th 2019


16149 Comments


Don't be modest. Turn that 4 into a nice 5. See how good that 5 looks? Curves for days. You could have that instead of that unshapely 4.

PunchforPunch
June 27th 2019


7085 Comments


Down with the Shitness OOH-WAH-AH-AH-AH!!

Mort.
June 27th 2019


25062 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yes officer that comment right there



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