Suddenly and unexpectedly John Balistreri, otherwise known as Slogun, recorded and released strong and good album. Approach to sound in this album is different comparing it to earlier Slogun works. Different technologies (digital techniques and computer was used more and you can feel it here and there though it does not annoy), but the same strict tone, the same gloomy themes and oppressive mood that stays with you after listening to this disc. Hour of sounds in it is dedicated to filth that we live among - humans, whose arrogance and brutality splash grease and saliva every day. This time Slogun speaks up becoming an ordinary element in the crowd and not a voice of serial killer or such. By telling "we", he names how people live in USA and, most likely, in the whole world - we lie, we envy, we betray, we destroy and this is our essence, this is what we are. We must behave that way, otherwise we don't exist. I won't lie telling that right after the first spin I absolutely loved this disc. I had to listen to it quite a few times until I finally understood it. One of the reasons is that you could tell that it's Slogun only because of aggressive, painful and hateful voice. Soundwisely this album is absolutely different. Instead of noise walls and layered voice, this album is dominated by dark droney loops, manipulated field recordings and acrid burning atmosphere as opposed to pure brutality. Though Slogun remained faithful to himself - in songs there are no big ups and downs. The sound part is quite monotonous and vocal is layered on a different plane, but the totality is convincing. I wouldn't be surprised if it would be true that Slogun spent much more time making compositions and creating sounds in this album comparing to the other ones though it doesn't mean that "We Human Animal" is far superior. Personally for me it is strong and very peculiar disc that reflects the natural evolution of the project while searching for new sounds and trying to properly represent the ideas. From ideological side - it is desperate shout in the crowd where everyone is moving forward - deaf and leaving smelly trail of rotting corpses behind. Because it always was like that and it will be like that. The disc is finalized with the most beautiful and summarizing track - We are. Yes, we are such. Animals. Recommended.

Format: CD
Released: 2011
Label: Circle of Shit
Edition: 300