With Cut Hands Has The Solution his ranting is heard clearly over the backdrop of a simple drum beat. It is an odd contradiction to say the least.Īt the beginning of the early 2000's, William had become a lot more interested in the Afro and Tribal music genres, and had begun using other basic instruments like bongos and simple drum tunes. Slowly he turns up the volume on the noises, but never screams vocally. Philosophy is a genuine return to the days of Erector with powerful, distorted synths screeching across the track while Bennett echoes his vocals to convey a sort of apotheosis in his imagery. At this point it really conflicts with the rest of the album, but it isn't enough to detract from the immersion too much. Things get a little poor with the track Bird Seed which generally repeats the familial abuse aesthetic from the girl trilogy of albums. It's almost as if Will is attempting to enter your mind, to uncover new ways to make the listener feel uncomfortable. The charm in a lot of this album is in its audacious sense of toying with the mind. What does your voice sound like underwater？ What's it like to wet your foot in a cold swimming pool？ The difference here, is that his lyrics have become much more cryptic than they used to be. Once again we are given angry ranting by William Bennett which really helps set the tone for most of the album. Wriggle Like A Fucking Eel uses a distorted string scratch that it extended over repeated synth beats. Despite it's short length, the track is by far one of his best and William's endless ranting adds to the rage that is conveyed through the powerful drum beats.
With that in mind, no first impression could be better than Why You Never Became A Dancer, a two and a half-minute affair of pounding drum beats filtered repeatedly to the point of near inaudibility.
Like many Whitehouse albums, first impressions are everything. It is one of the most iconic Whitehouse albums ever made for a damn good reason. To put it bluntly, there isn't a single Whitehouse album like Bird Seed. Considering he had a tendency to repeat tired ideas over and over again, it came as a surprise to many that Will would throw out the PE rule book in the making of Bird Seed. Just more cynical.Īfter Cruise came and went, William Bennett decided it was time to embrace new styles and themes.
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