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BIG BUSINESS  Here Come The Waterworks  CD   (Hydra Head)   13.98
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Here Come The Waterworks the newest album from Big Business, comes after a period of heavy change for the band: relocation to Los Angeles from Seattle, assimilation into the Melvins lineup, massive touring as the in-house support band for said sludge rockers as well as a stint opening for Tool late last year. None of this has softened the punishing riff assault that bassist Jared Warren and drummer Coady Willis first perfected on their debut - if anything, it sounds like these guys have an even bigger axe to grind with this new set of jams. The spirit of Karp still posesses their sound, which is part of the reason why I love these guys so fucking much. Jared Warren's strident bellow and jackhammer bass riffage still packs that concrete punch that the dude first slung in Karp, and Willis' drumming is so heavy and pounding that it's no wonder that the Melvins signed him on to play alongside Dale Crover in tandem. This new album isn't a rehash of Head For The Shallow though...I keep hearing a 70's progressive rock influence here everytime I spin this disc, and I don't remember picking up on that with Shallow. After seeing 'em live a few weeks ago for the first time since Waterworks came out, I'm doubly convinced that Big Business has been listening to a lot of Rush, Blue Oyster Cult and Pink Floyd in the van, but that could just be me. They also added a guitarist to the mix, Melvins/Fant�mas collaborator David Scott Stone, who also contributes Mini-moog to the album, which I wasn't too sure if I'd be into at first - the whole bass/drums dynamic was part of what I thought made these guys so badass - but it sounds amazing, and is clearly a big factor in how proggy this album sounds. A crushing combo of the superheavy sludginess of Karp and Melvins, occasional pop tendencies, thunderous riff-powered battlemetal a la High On Fire and Torche, and their unique hypercharged boogie....one of the best rock outfits in action right now. Highly recommended.