From All Purity
From All Purity makes it difficult to keep your distance. Indian pack heavy guitars, stubborn rhythms and abrasive vocals closely together. Feedback and electronic noise run through that sound. The result is claustrophobic, but it offers more movement than an uninterrupted wall of distortion. Small changes within that wall create much of the tension.
The Impetus Bleeds makes this clear. The drums maintain an almost mechanical movement while the guitars build overlapping layers. The song mainly changes colour. Noise and feedback alter the riffs' character without requiring the band to choose a new direction repeatedly.
Rhetoric of No offers more obvious rhythmic variation. Pace and accents briefly pull the music out of its heavy pattern. A different guitar movement midway through gives the piece a more restless character. It shows how the band can create differences within a restricted setting.
Clarify instead becomes almost entirely sound. The instrumental piece exchanges the direction of a riff for humming, squeals and accumulating noise. As an experiment, it belongs with the surrounding music, but the interruption also slows the album's momentum. It introduces another kind of discomfort without strengthening the songs themselves.
That is also From All Purity's limitation. Constant pressure and limited variety can become tiring. The music demands attention to small shifts and offers little rest in return. Even so, the performance remains deeply convincing. The guitars carry weight, the voice keeps cutting sharply through the sound, and the rhythms sustain tension. Indian have made a demanding album with a particularly clear will of its own. Its strongest passages turn that refusal to offer comfort into something compelling.
