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The Callous Daoboys: I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven review – gonzo mathcore troupe grab on to pop hooks
The Atlanta sextet are as unruly as ever – but there’s a newfound poise on their third album, plus some maddeningly catchy choruses
From the smirking spoonerism behind their name to their unruly brand of mathcore, a slashing mess of panic chords and hairpin melodic turns that sounds like Botch performing Faith No More’s Angel Dust, the Callous Daoboys are a lot to take in. “Your mother saw me waiting tables and she asked if I was doing that ‘band thing’ still,” he murmurs on Lemon, which surges from skittering indie-pop into a muscular refrain fit for imperial-phase Linkin Park. They windmill through death growls and harrowing riffs on Full Moon Guidance, while there is similar power found in Two-Headed Trout ’s patient build, its maddeningly catchy chorus eventually overtaken by a febrile breakdown.
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