New Klank CD ventures into new ground. Below expectations
10/02/2000
(3 out of 5 stars)
"With Klank's third release, Numb, Daren Diolosa and his newly formed band move toward a new sound which, while fairly original, sounds much more like later Circle of Dust material than Daren's previous work under the "Klank" moniker. The album is also the first Klank release not produced by Klay Scott, Daren's former bandmate and the mastermind behind Circle of Dust, and it shows.Numb features Daren's experimentation with a new vocal style, which works ok on some tracks ("Bleed me Dry" and "So Very Real" come to mind) but sounds somewhat whiny and annoying on others like "God?" The title track also experiments with a quasy-rap sound and shows some promise. This CD, while worth buying if you're a Klank fan, will probably not impress most music fans who would be better off starting out with one of Klank's other two albums: the heavier "Still Suffering" or the "Downside Remixes" which features 5 remixes of two tracks off "Still Suffering," both of which are very good.While not a total flop by any stretch of the imagination, I certainly hope that Klank's followup to Numb will have a more mature sound... and better vocals."