Tinfed

Hypersonic Hyperphonic (Re-Constriction)
by Scott Hefflon

Adding the additional element of post-hardcore to the mix, Tinfed range from hit to miss, song by song. As a matter of taste, what might be a succulent apathetic drone on and on to some, might be a dull waste of time to others. The melody, harmonied and/or doubled, of “Wait Suspension” reminds me of Circle of Dust (who made the mistake of letting R.E.X. Music fumble their career), while the fuzzed-out beatbox does little for me other than wipe the Filteresque residue left from a previous song. Luckily, this is the late ’90s, because now instead of way off the mark vocals being called “wrong,” they’re lauded as “art.” It’s truly up to the individual to decide whether Hypersonic Hyperphonic is a mish-mash of Cop Shoot Cop/Nine Inch Nails hybrid nightmares and we-really-like-Killing-Joke throwaways, or an album that pushes the limitations of melody and the usual alignment of rhythm and percussion. That’s your problem, I just work here.