This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In) [LP]

by Chevelle

Overview

Chevelle's 1999 debut delighted in darkening the spaces between quiet and jagged scrawl. Peter Loeffler's guitar periodically tore away from the rhythm section's steadying wires, effectively lessening the brotherly trio's reliance on old Tool albums for influence and pace. Then the boys signed with Epic, which naturally trashed the majority of the interesting noise in favor of amplifying Chevelle's Tool-light tendencies. Hit singles followed ("The Red," "Send the Pain Below"), so you can't fully fault the label. But it's that same sound trudging determinedly through This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In). "Get Some" and "Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)" switch on a gravelly guitar conveyor, powering it with plodding bass and percussion, and Loeffler sings with hurt urgency over it, sounding exactly -- unbelievably -- like Maynard Keenan. Typical phrases singe the ends of his wrangling power-chord punctuations -- "A black out/Touching new life"; "The panic makes remorse." The songs are strong dynamically, but sound predetermined -- they don't separate from the general loud rock malaise. The same goes for the majority of This Type of Thinking. "Panic Prone" does revisit the softer contours of "Send the Pain," and "Another Know It All" lets the rhythm section mix it up a little, even if it just makes Chevelle sound like Korn. But for the most part -- from "The Clincher" through "Emotional Drought" -- This Type of Thinking is flatly mixed, lost in depression, and obsessed with rewriting "Sober" for a new generation of lank-haired misunderstoods. ~ Johnny Loftus

Product Details

Release Date:	02/10/2017
Label:	Epic / Sony Music
UPC:	0889853741212
Rank:	22782

Tracks

1. The Clincher
2. Get Some
3. Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)
4. Still Running
5. Breach Birth
6. Panic Prone
7. Another Know It All
8. Tug-O-War
9. To Return
10. Emotional Drought
11. Bend the Bracket

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Chevelle   Primary Artist
Joseph Chevelle   Guitar (Bass)
Samuel Chevelle   Drums
Peter Chevelle   Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Michael "Elvis" Baskette   Audio Production,Engineer,Producer
Andy Wallace   Mixing
Chevelle   Composer,Producer
Eddy Schreyer   Mastering
Dave Holdredge   Engineer,Digital Editing,Drum Programming
Steve Sisco   Assistant
Pete Loeffler   Composer,Group Member
Josh Wilbur   Digital Editing
Christian Lantry   Photography
Sam Loeffler   Group Member
Joe Loeffler   Group Member
Sean Evans   Art Direction
Ben Goldman   A&R
Jef Moll   Assistant
Katharina Fritsch   Cover Sculpture
Farra Mathews   A&R
Kevin Dean   Assistant