Functioning on Impatience

Functioning on Impatience

Functioning on Impatience

Editorial Reviews
Zeen
Coalesce have added a sophistication to their pummeling that gives their music an intelligence this genre has long been without.

Product Description
While many have imitated and a select few have taken the complicatedcore sub-genre of hardcore to new heights, none have matched COALESCE's ferocity, density or unorthodox nature. From the stunning medical text-inspired packaging to the slower, groove-oriented undercurrent winding its way throughout COALESCE's trademarked sonic onslaught, Functioning On Impatience is completely without remorse, but thoughtful and methodical in its delivery. Opener "You Can't Kill Us All" begins with one of the most damaging condemnations/proclamations ever committed to disc, before the music of COALESCE lurches forward. Functioning On Impatience is littered with punishing metallic riffs, coupled with crazed technical runs that throw the proceedings into utter chaos, and is anchored by an utterly distorted bass, peculiar guitar noise and more time changes, tempo shifts and stop-start parts than one can possibly keep up with. Serving as a perfect compliment to the music's irresistible malevolence, Sean Ingram's challenging lyrics are delivered with such bile and power that their vehemence may never be replicated. While COALESCE's internal strife and divergent personalities eventually silenced this lumbering behemoth, ultimately the music remains as everything else fades to black, and Functioning On Impatience cements COALESCE's place in hardcore like few albums before it or since.

Functioning on Impatience

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Functioning on Impatience
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Coalesce's "F.O.I."
  • Possibly the Best Hardcore CD Ever
  • this is a 20-minute EP
  • Decent...
  • A Disgust for Details
 Functioning on Impatience
Coalesce
Manufacturer: Second Nature
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000065T2N
Release Date: 2002-04-16

Tracks:

  1. You Can't Kill Us All
  2. Reoccurring Ache Of
  3. A New Language
  4. On Being A Bastard
  5. My Love For Extremes
  6. Measured In Gray
  7. A Disgust For Details

Album Description

While many have imitated and a select few have taken the complicatedcore sub-genre of hardcore to new heights, none have matched COALESCE's ferocity, density or unorthodox nature. From the stunning medical text-inspired packaging to the slower, groove-oriented undercurrent winding its way throughout COALESCE's trademarked sonic onslaught, Functioning On Impatience is completely without remorse, but thoughtful and methodical in its delivery. Opener "You Can't Kill Us All" begins with one of the most damaging condemnations/proclamations ever committed to disc, before the music of COALESCE lurches forward. Functioning On Impatience is littered with punishing metallic riffs, coupled with crazed technical runs that throw the proceedings into utter chaos, and is anchored by an utterly distorted bass, peculiar guitar noise and more time changes, tempo shifts and stop-start parts than one can possibly keep up with. Serving as a perfect compliment to the music's irresistible malevolence, Sean Ingram's challenging lyrics are delivered with such bile and power that their vehemence may never be replicated. While COALESCE's internal strife and divergent personalities eventually silenced this lumbering behemoth, ultimately the music remains as everything else fades to black, and Functioning On Impatience cements COALESCE's place in hardcore like few albums before it or since.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Coalesce's "F.O.I.".......2007-01-03

this may be their finest work in the span of coalesce's career. it's a very focused, angry album. the opening track is a kick in the face. you get a moment to recover with some filler for track two then the real beating begins. it finishes out with the fiercest song i believe they ever recorded, "a disgust for details". if you're a fan or just wondering what coalesce was all about, i'd highly recommend this album for your collection. a must for any of you dirty kids who think hardcore is the best new genre to hit the streets, you can hear what was being put out before all these high school kids decided to get guitars and try to disguise love songs to their girlfriends with some heavy music. this is what metalcore was all about.

5 out of 5 stars Possibly the Best Hardcore CD Ever.......2006-01-08

I would actually say that the $15.98 asking price is arguably worth this CD. But since you can find it elsewhere much cheaper (blue collar press), check that out.
Either way, from Sean Ingram's rockapella intro to the disc and right until the final notes, this disc flows like no other hardcore album does, with close calls to Converge's "Jane Doe" and Botch's "We are the Romans." Fans of either of those bands or albums should find solace in "FOI."
Anyone wishing to remain "core," but add a little braininess to their windmill kicks should check out this album.

5 out of 5 stars this is a 20-minute EP.......2005-09-25

Ask yourself, "do I want to pay upwards of 15 dollars for a 20-minute EP?"

Consider yourself warned.

5 out of 5 stars Decent..........2004-06-01

I can't find my coalesce shirt dammit !Anyways,Great album actullie the only one i own by coalesce but o well...Atleast i got one haha !Dont think twice just buy it !

5 out of 5 stars A Disgust for Details.......2003-03-07

Ok, this has got to be hands down one of the hardest hitting hardcore albums of the past few years. This album is brutal. An amazing hardcore album by an amazing hardcore band with amazing talent. A superb offering and effort, from everyone envolved. The layout and packaging is the best I've ever seen, Second Nature is a great label that release great stuff, and this is up there with the best. The LP packaging is truly breath takeing. Ed Rose is probably the best and most underated producer around. He does a great job with this album, as I said before, he is an amazing producer. And the band...it's Coalesce for God's sake!! Definatly one of the best hardcore bands of the "new generation", a band that will go down in hardcore history for their chaotic live shows, unmatched talent, and for albums like this. Sean Ingram is a lyrical genious, and has an amazing voice that is truly unique. This is probably my favorite Coalesce album; it's short, brutal, and heavy. The way hardcore should be.

Music Track:

  1. Highway to Hell
  2. Holy Hell [Enhanced]
  3. Hypnotize [Import]
  4. In Rock We Trust [Original recording remastered] [Import]
  5. Incarnate
  6. Infliction
  7. Insanity & Genius [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]
  8. Japandemonium [Live]
  9. Killers [Import]
  10. Lepaca Kliffoth

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