02/10/12: Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist (2006)

02/10/12: Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist (2006)

1. Hole in the Earth
2. Rapture
3. Beware
4. Cherry Waves
5. Mein (feat Serj Tankian)
6. U, U, D, D, L, R, L, R, A, B, Select, Start
7. Xerces
8. Rats!Rats!Rats!
9. Pink Cellphone
10. Combat
11. Kimdracula
12. Riviére

     I have an on-again off-again relationship with the Deftones. I really like Chino's voice and a tend to like some of their music. I can usually find a jam or 2 on any Deftones album but the only album of theirs I ever really fell in love with was "White Pony" which is of course the most different of them all. They came out with their self titled record after White Pony and it had a couple tracks that really blew me away but the rest of the album was "meh". I have had "Saturday Night Wrist for awhile but I never did more than flip through a few tracks here and there. Well it ends up I was missing out on one of their best albums.
     I don't know what it is. It seemed like a more focused effort but I did some reading and it seemed to be quite the opposite. It was their first album away from their long time producer Terry Date. There were tensions within the band as well as tension between Chino and the New Producer Bob Ezrin. Chino was also dealing with a drug problem, going through a divorce and working on his side project Team Sleep. He apparently considered walking away from the band after this album but all of the negativity brought one of their best efforts.
     It is a moody and atmospheric album overall but it definitely touches all of the Deftones bases of the past. There are super heavy parts, super catchy parts, echoey howling parts, electronic parts. Great album and one of my new favorites by them. I'm sure I'll find more reasons to listen to Chino sing throughout this project. (041)