Bones in Butter is already back with Cosmopolis, a genre-less, both pessimistic and optimistic album. Review.
COSMOPOLIS – BONES IN BUTTER
Their previous album released in December is still fresh. Yet, Belgrade-based band Bones in Butter is already back with a new record, Cosmopolis. Always rich in its diverse genres’ inspirations, themes close to the band’s heart are back. Made dystopic through the political and social context the world is in now, this record has traces of light, even small, in each track. Its intro, You Just Drown, is about arrogance leading to failure, and deep narrative notes, serious bass, light backing vocals and clear guitars. Milutin Krašević and his band smartly play with this chiaroscuro.
Dumped also has it, and tells a love story until the breakup. With its pop-rock rhythm and blues accents, it’s not formally classic. But it’s actually A Word Before You Go that is the most surprising with its parodic tone. For those classic instants, there’s the tendre They All Shine For You and the vulnerable I Can Love. A lot more political: A New Generation, Pt. II dreams of peace on a grave tone; Skunks! grabs some punk undertones to talk about opportunism; Know Nothing questions common sense on classic rock lines; and Persona Non Grata brings in some oriental sounds with a romantic air as it rages against politics.
With still as much contrast, the electro-pop Transform dances through its progression and wonders about corruption. Are We Dead Yet? is about the circle of life with a distressing tone. But maybe, the most distressing one though, and one I struggle more with, is Going To Cosmopolis which, with thrilling notes, touches on decadence and the end of our societies… A debatable topic but a wonderfully produced song. Lastly, Escape brings in dreamlike feelings through electro layers. The balance between pessimism and optimism is delicate. With Cosmopolis, Bones in Butter once again proposes some intriguing questions, rich in interpretations.
