Delo Truda - Delo Truda (2010)

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This is probably the first time that five days have passed without posts with me actually being home in the process. I was stuck in various geek projects and didn't catch time for music listening, let alone writing about it. But although I was looking elsewhere and distracted, my guess is that I just needed something to kick me back into place. "Delo Truda" happens to be that something.

"Delo Truda" is a project hailing from Canada, formed in the year 2008, back then being known as "No Alarms", but in 2010 changed the name to the current one. One of the things that first attracted my attention is actually the name, since "delo truda" in Serbian means something like "art of effort". I have sent an email to the band quite curious to know is it really a reference to the translation or was it just a coincidence (since it also sounds like a name), but I doubt that I will receive an answer until this writeup gets posted.

Moving away from the name and onto the actual tunes, being straightforward and just saying that this quartet plays some pretty amazing screamo. This eighteen minute, four track release opens with the song "Broken Koan" and the first sounds pouring over the speakers are defenitely one of the best openers I heard in a while. Some microphonia (as it is called here, don't know if I hit the term right) and guitar distortion, a bit of drums and excellent pack screaming and voila! Though I must admit that the thing which makes this opening so great is the screaming/singing. For some reason different vocal types in a song were always attractive for me and here it just really hits the spot, with a combination of a mid deep aggressive vocal and a more gentler, thinner and (inclined to say) whiner one. That specific opening really made its act with the deep vocal being first and more dominant only to slowly shift away into the gentle one. But I must be honest, that in my utter amazement with the vocals, I do have a bit of a complaint (although, when said like that it sounds too brutal, but it isn't, just a personal preference), in the form that I would definitely like to hear that aggressive/gentle vocal mix more often in Delo Truda's songs. They really amazed me with it at the start, but they kinda neglected the potential of using it more.

Regardless of the small personal complaint, they do throw something great at you. Aside of the vocals, the instrument section is superb, the band really knowing how to create an effective amalgam of fast, mid tempo and slow melodies. The last song of the release, "Realms", is where that ability excels, a seven minute song with explosive rushes, gentle drops and amazing buildups, showing us that this is one of those bands which knows so well to fit everything where it should be, without parts being astray. Not only is the composition great, but the recording as well is at a perfect level, this being extremely important especially when a band has these kinds of shifts in their tunes. "Delo Truda" should really focus on pieces a la "Realms", since they really know how to compose such long and complex songs, which is quite a task yet they are doing it unbelievably good.

A peculiar matter about Delo Truda's work is that while listening you can hear quite a lot of influences in their work. The  vocals (and music as well) remind me of a blend of a score of bands, some being "The Saddest Landscape", "Love Like.....Electrocution" and "Lizards Have Personalities", "Merchant Ships" and so on. Yet, despite these influences, they created a style which is contributed only to them, soaking up sway from others and changing everything in their own mixing pot, creating something you can enjoy over and over again.

Last thing I want to mention is that this is quite a fresh and relatively new project, despite it being formed two years ago albeit under a different name. Being so young and being so great, this needs and deserves your support, especially because of the latter fact. I say fact because if you honestly don't like this then something is very wrong. So, for the much needed support, contact them over myspace here, but they are gradually stopping to use that page, so if you want to be sure that your message is received write to them (and check them out) here on their Tumblr page. Enjoy!