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BiographyEntering 1992 … the start … Line upJurgen : Drums Discography‘Romance’ cd, Midas Productions 1997 Pictures
Mp3WebsiteReviewsFrom: www.biav.be From: www.oor.nl POSTHARDCORE PN From What Rivers Have To Offer (FUNTIME/SUBURBAN) http://www.myspace.com/pn666 PN bestaat sinds 1992, tekende voor dertien releases en deed ruim zevenhonderd shows. Toch heeft de Belgische groep nooit een doorbraak weten te forceren. Dat komt wellicht doordat zanger Johan Quinten zijn handen al jaren vol heeft aan punk- en hardcorelabel Funtime (Soon, The Sedan Vault, Tenement Kids), of doordat hij er met Homer een serieuze tweede (punkrock)band op nahoudt. Zeker is dat PN nooit een duidelijk stijlstatement heeft kunnen maken. Our Pitiful Paradise (2000) leunde op gruizige metalcore, terwijl op The Art Of Being We (2004) een mix van emo en screamo klonk. Het eclectische karakter van PN bereikt op From What Rivers Have To Offer zijn voorlopige hoogtepunt. Het album – uitgevoerd in een stijlvol sigarenkistje – begint met een screamonummer met woest gebrul en Face Tomorrow-achtige zang. Stone Roses, Dead Gardens lijkt met zijn stonervibe daarna wel op Kyuss, terwijl Pull Out This Story indie mixt met emo. Echt opvallend is het Lamb-achtige titelnummer, compleet met piano, viool en vocalen van de Leuvense zangeres Annelies Tanghe. Vreemd genoeg klinkt From What Rivers Have To Offer uiteindelijk toch als een geheel. Die prestatie alleen is al goed voor een doorbraak. Nu alleen de tijd nog zien te vinden. WOUTER DIELESEN From: www.soundslike.be PN: From What Rivers Have to Offer Label: Funtime records A local bias? Let me reassure you, when I review a Leuven band and start dropping Kyuss, Deftones, and Black Sabbath as references, I'm not playing favorites, just calling it like I hear it. 'Let the Muse Respond' starts with a lovingly Earth-y Sabbath riff that explodes into a Deftones-like freakfest and then settles into a Kyuss-like desert-drone. Tasty! "Stone Roses, Dead Gardens" is an even better mix of those ominous influences. 'From What Rivers Have to Offer' demonstrates a charming resolution to be it's own thing. From the packaging (wooden case, looks like a cigar box, cool!) to the fantastic diversity of the tunes, the world has never seen a hardcore release quite like this one: Not the best, just really unique. "Pull Out of this Story" sounds like it could be a Dischord track, tucked snuggly between Fugazi, Lungfish and Wilderness (who are not a Dischord band, but sound like one). On "How Can I Be You", the guitars and the vocals get decidedly more crunchy. And on "Favours and Favourites" PN headbutt their way into superior, tortured Nu (wave) Metal. Shit, my neck hurts! The album's biggest surprise is the title track with its somber, simple piano line and female vocals. Nice song that improbably sets itself up as this complex album's centerpiece. For 10+ years, PN have slowly built a compelling resume of superior hardcore: proof positive that to find treasures, sometimes you don't have to go any further than your own backyard. From: www.disagreement.net PN 'From What Rivers Have To Offer' CD After Through Satin Veils Gropes Desire from 2006, From What Rivers Have To Offer is the second longplayer by Belgian postcore band PN. As in the past, the album is released by Belgian quality label Funtime which is run by some of the band members. This explains why PN don’t set themselves any stylistic limitations, allowing them to release a great album free of any constraints and compromises. Their new CD starts rather quietly, but the opener Let The Muse Respond shows instantly that the band has still a fondness of hardcore, punk and metal. The song contains numerous mood shifts that should appeal to emo kids and the mosh crowd alike. The songs are performed mostly in a clean way and rarely have any jarring moments. Nevertheless there is still enough sense of dynamics and suspenseful setup to make listening a thrilling experience. The most unbridled track is doubtlessly How Can I Be You, which contains a stronger metalcore ratio but also slightly reminds of The Refused. More accessible sounds can be found on Favours And Favourites that has a more modern rock approach but also finds time for quieter moments. With its running time of nearly seven minutes, it’s the only longer piece on the album. The title track shows the band from its so far quietest side, with a slow buildup accompanied by piano sounds and melancholic vocal lines. PN did everything right once again and have managed to craft a varied album, proving that even a small country like Belgium can boast a rich indie scene. The CD comes also in a limited edition with a wooden packaging reminding of a cigar box… As smoking is a stereotypical Belgian vice, I wonder if PN’s next album will come in a French Fries paper bag, to carry the joke even farther! From: Up Magazine, issue nr 58, juli 2009 PN 'From What Rivers Have To Offer' Funtime rcs/Suburban distributie PN heeft alweer 17 jaar op de teller staan. Je zou het de sympathieke band niet geven, want het zevende studio album klinkt als het werk van een stel jonge honden. Voor wie niet bekend is met het oeuvre van de band : PN maakt atmosferische rock/metal, in het verlengde van bands als Tool en A Perfect Circle. De Belgische formatie heeft in de vorm van Johan Quinten een begenadigd zanger in de gelederen die diepe schreeuwzang moeiteloos afwisselt met melancholische vocalen. 'From What Rivers Have To Offer' is een huiveringwekkend mooi album met een intense sfeer. Geen langspeler die je elke dag opzet, maar wel een tijdloze klassieker die nog vaak uit de platenkast gehaald gaat worden. 87 Frank van de Ven From: Aardschok Magazine, issue nr 7 (30e jaargang), juli 2009 PN 'From What Rivers Have To Offer' Funtime rcs/Suburban distributie Al voordat je ook maar één noot gehoord hebt van het nieuwe PN-album, krijg je al het idee een bijzonder plaatje in handen te hebben. Het zit namelijk verpakt in een eenvoudig houten doosje, met het minimalistische artwork erin gebrand. Daarbinnen zit de CD zelf tussen een als tekstvel/poster bedrukt stuk bruin pakpapier. Ook muzikaal is er weinig conventioneels aan dit zevende album van de Belgen. Genregrenzen? Hokjes? Labeltjes? Dat soort onzin is aan de heren niet besteed. Al komt de term 'post-emo-hardcore' die ze zelf gebruikten met betrekking tot de vorige plaat 'Through satin veils gropes desire' een aardig eind in de richting. Ze gooien werkelijk de meest uiteenlopende invloeden bij elkaar. Zo neigt een aantal nummers richting postcore, maar heeft 'stone roses, dead gardens' eerder een Kyuss-vibe. En het poëtische titelnummer , waarop ingetogen piano en viool gastzangeres Annelies Tanghe begeleiden , klinkt weer subtiel en breekbaar. Het eindresultaat klinkt wonderwel een stuk samenhangender dan je zou verwachten. Al met al een mooi contrastrijk plaatje, dat zo aan de haal kan met Rivella slogan 'een beetje vreemd, maar wel lekker!' 78 Diana Willms From: www.punkrocktheory.com PN – From What Rivers Have To Offer Always expanding their sound, one never really knows what to expect exactly of a new PN album. Sure, you can always hear these guys have their roots planted firmly in the punk and hardcore scene with a metal edge and there’s also the emotional angle they always play out. But there’s always more. A lot more. Check out the opening track of their seventh album, which comes with an atmospheric intro before evolving into post-hardcore with Johan’s clean vocals and his brother Bert’s growls playing off of each other until the song stretches out well into stoner territory. The second song picks up on that same groove with howling guitars and a strong sense of melody. Or how about the title track which features piano, violin and guest vocalist Annelies Tanghe? Shit, that could’ve been on a Lamb album just the same! There’s not a single song on here that sounds like the one before it yet you can always tell it’s PN. No song really stands out on “From What Rivers Have To Offer” but that’s only because the album has such a nice flow that it would be a shame not to listen to it from start to finish. Oh, and the limited edition of this one comes in a nice wooden box with engraved artwork. That’s something you don’t get if you download this album kids! Score: 8 out of 10 From: RIF RAF musiczine PN 'From What Rivers Have To Offer' Funtime Records De gebroeders Johan en Bert Quinten blijven productief. Na de recente release van de Homer-plaat 'Wasteland Reflections' hebben ze nu ook een nieuwe PN-cd klaar. Uiteraard mogen de andere PN leden, drummer Jurgen en bassist Jimmy, niet over het hoofd gezien worden. Zij eisen op 'From What Rivers Have To Offer' een plekje op de voorgrond op, hoewel de plaat behoorlijk typisch PN-materiaal bevat. Dat betekent een kruidige mix van (post)-hardcore, metal en melodieuze pop. Of er een causaal verband bestaat tussen de sound en de meer naar de voorgrond getreden ritmesectie weten we niet, maar in deze cd zit een heel dikke vinger Queens of the Stone Age - wat uiteraard het algemene geluid ten goede komt. De twee echte hoogtepunten van deze plaat worden ironisch genoeg aangebracht door niet-PN'ers. Enerzijds is er het prachtige en ingetogen titelnummer, waarvoor de stem van Annelies Tanghe en de viool van Beatrijs De Klerck werden ingehuurd. Anderzijds geeft het door Hanna Maes ontworpen artword 'From What Rivers Have To Offer' een uniek en klassevol cachet. (dg) From: www.dreun.be PN From What Rivers Have To Offer Funtime Records http://www.funtimerecords.com/pn Het is doorgaans niet mijn gewoonte om de sigaren boven te halen tijden het bespreken van cd's. Maar in het geval van PN gaat het moeilijk anders. De cd steekt namelijk niet in een ordinair doosje, wel in een speciaal sigarenkistje. Origineel en leuk. Dat geldt ook voor de acht nummers op dit inmiddels al zevende album van deze landgenoten. Voorganger 'Through Satin Veils Gropes Desire' liet er geen twijfel over bestaan: PN is echt wel goed bezig. Openingstrack "Let The Muse Respond" wisselt tussen hardcore en melodieuze, sferische metal maar daarna breekt de plaat open. "Stone Roses, Dead Gardens" is fantastsiche stoner song die toch de typische PN vocalen van Johan Quinten kent: aggressief in de refreinen en melodieus en warm tijdens de rest van de song. "Pull Out of This Story" laat een gevoeligere kant van de groep zien maar past volledig bij de overige nummers. Hoogtepunt is ongetwijfeld het titelnummer. De aanzet met enkele pianoaanslagen, de ontroerende guestzang van Annelies Tanghe, de violen die net op het juiste moment passeren,... Ronduit zalig. PN maakt op dit album vooral goeie muziek maar toont ook hoe je enkele niet voor de hand liggende genres mengt tot een geweldig geheel. Dit is zonder twijfel een van de betere releases van dit jaar. Bart Maurissen From: Mass Movement Magazine PN – From What Rivers Have To Offer CD The walls have now truly been broken. Belgian band PN have always been about letting emotions prevail above what was deemed normal in punk rock land. With ‘Through Satin Veils Gropes Desire’ from 2006, the path of golden bricks was lain. And still, as good as that record was, something could have been tuned a bit better. That something must have been the feeling you have when experiencing something for the first time… the first kiss, that first ray of sun on your skin after a long winter, the first time you taste ice cream. ‘From What Rivers Have To Offer’ is even closer to the heart. It took two years in writing, and the band wanted to keep the dynamics of that ‘first time’ right by recording things live in the studio as much as possible. With PN you never talk about just music, lyrics, or the comparison to other bands. They have their hearts on their sleeves, pour everything into the music like rivers to the sea. Everything is allowed: melody, cacophonia, desperate screams, angelic voices, strings, and piano. Eight pieces of art wrapped up gracefully in a wooden cigar box. It’s even in the artwork the love is felt. Martijn Welzen From: REVU Magazine PN – From What Rivers Have To Offer (Funtime/Suburban) * * * * Het Belgische PN is al vanaf 1992 bezig, maar verdient met dit album zeker meer aandacht in ons land. Op alweer hun zevende album combineert PN het beste van Face Tomorrow, Life of Agony, Faith No More, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age en… Lamb! Want dit oorspronkelijke punk/hardcore kwartet durft ook gas terug te nemen. En zich te ontwikkelen! From: 'out of step' zine PN – From what rivers have to offer CD 2009 Funtime Records This 7th PN release became something special. Not only do they have a regular edition but ‘from what rivers have to offer is also released as a limited wooden box edition and it looks awesome. This special edition and the ‘less is more type of artwork fits PN’s music nicely. Still rooted in hardcore, punk rock and metal PN follows it’s own path. For ‘from what rivers have to offer’ they even added a more Indy rock, poppy sound to their already broad inspired groovy atmospheric sound. This is illustrated the best with the title track in the middle of the album; it has Annelies Tanghe on vocals. The song is the best example of how silence can express a strong feeling. PN really surprised me with this release and to be honest I really like it. The two-year break at the end of 2006 paid off. 8.5/10 From www.concreteweb.be Band: PN Album title: From What Rivers Have To Offer Label: Funtime Records Distributor: Suburban Release date: 30/04/2009 Release: CD Now what more can be said about PN without falling into superlatives and national chauvenistism? I mean, in their genre they are quite unique in Belgium. They started back in Autumn 1992, the original bandname being Portie Nootjes and playing a somewhat "simpler" mixture of punk Rock and Hardcore, primarily influenced by the likes of Bad Religion (and other more "complex" Hardcore acts). However, from the start it was clear that this band would not be limited to any musical constraints, the individual musicians wanting to incorporate additional influences as their progress as musicians would allow it! As it so happens, I've followed this band from its humble beginnings, and after a couple of demos followed December 1996's Romance, which already showed an extra hint of Metal influences which impressed enough people to allow PN to play a shitload of shows all over Bellgium. The ensuing Daybreak Serenity (released late 1998)showed a shift in the band's influences towards a mixture of Newschool Hardcore and passionate, emotionally driven vocals. In January 1999 the band records 3 tracks for a split with Reply, Circle, and Exit Nineteen, the songs showing a further shift of influences, the vocals becoming even more emotional and driven (say Screamo for good measure). During 2000 the band records for the first time with Dirk Miers at his Dé Studio, and although the resulting album was still loàded with melody, Our Pitiful Paradise became the most heavy outing PN made up to that moment! One year later PN is again in the studio, this time to combine half a dozen new songs with live videos recorded at the 2000 Pukkelpop gig to make the Dreamwave Heroes mini-CD. Working up to the next recording, PN slow down their concert agenda booking, thus freeing time to work more elaborately on new material.and late 2002's 6-tracker The Art Of Being We clearly shows the effort put into the album, with traces of the progressive influences from such artists as Neurosis.or rather early Isis (it even impresses enough to entice US label Life Sentence into licencing the mini-album, PN recording some extra songs and adding the Dreamwave Heroes EP to make this US release a bit more interesting). In early 2004 PN feels like experimenting a bit, and invites piano player Tom Bessemans to the rehearsal studio. Re-arranging some old songs and writing a couple of new semi-acoustic tracks, the band plays this set during a special 5-gig tour, recording the last session at Hasselt's Muziek-O-Droom venue to become the track-list for the September 2005 released live album Live At The MOD. 2006 sees the band venture in an even wider array of calm-versus-aggressive music, adding more and more Progressive and atmospheric elements into that year's album Through Satin Veil Gropes Desire. Personally, I liked what I heard só much that, having already bought the CD, I also hunted down a copy of the vinyl version of the album! The new album is very much a continuation of the band's drift to experimentation (during 2007 and 2008, they've put together quite a few ideas, dismissed just as many, and were left with something that is unparalleled in their career), although I'm sure many people already familiar with the band's previous releases might lift an eyebrow or two at a first listening session! Let's go over the album track-by-track, shall we? "Let The Muse Respond" opens the album with an atmopheric intro (including also djembe play) before growing into a Progressive mid-paced Post-Hardore tainted passage with lead singer Johan Quinten's clean vocals contrasting against his brother (also the guitarist of the band) Bert's shouted growls (he also puts in a couple of clean backings though).and ending with something which is actually rather close to Stoner Rock/ Metal! The ensuing "Stone Roses, Dead Gardens" sees that Stoner-style return, evidently with a very pominent bass, and again with contrasting vocals. These two heavier tracks past, it's time for a calmer interlude, starting with the beautiful "Pull Out Of This Story" (during which Bert's backing vocals are clean only). The ensuing album title track is the one that might have you being amazed at first listen, as it's an acoustic track in which the music is provided by Bert playing piano, and one Beatrijs De Klerck doing the same with her violin. Vocals on this track are done entirely by one Annelies Tanghe, a young Leuven based artist with the sexiest raspy/ hoarse voice you've ever heard (formerly of Rock act JinXS, she also contributed backing vocals to the song "De Laatste Keer on the 2008 Nagelbijter album of DutchPop singer Sam Janssens - currently going under the nickname of Iza, she should have her debut solo effort out soon.and you can be sure I'll be one of the many people wanting to check that out. Now if that stirred your interest, check out myspace.com/tangheannelies), even if the somewhat sedate song is also the most melancholic one on the album! "Unleash The Lions" continues in the calmer vein, although with somewhat more distorted guitar (not quite atmospheric, but not quite heavy either), and the nicest "ooh-ooh" backings you've ever heard this band do! A return to the atmospherically calm/heavy repetitive/ Progressive comes with the ensuing "How Can I Be You", which has a focal role for the more aggressive vocals, even if Johan still brings in a couple of clean passages as well! Actually, there's even a passage where the two blend together with a third, weirdly monotonous/ melancholic, one. The heavy atmospheric mood continues with Favours And Favourites", for which part of Johan's clean vocals were put through a vocoder; second vocals are courtesy of a raging Bert again! This track being 6:43 long (longest on the album) then allows for a calmer (2-minute) interlude (during which the vocoder is switched off), but again grows towards an explosion of emotions towards the end of the song! Album closing track ("What," you'll say, "that soon?".well, the album only lasts just under 34 minutes, would you believe?) "Mise En Abime" is an atmospheric instrumental, in which the starring role is first laid upon bassist Jimmy Van Rietvelde (drummer Jurgen Vermaelen showing considerable and admirable restraint throughout the track), the guitarist playing at that moment rather etherically. When the latter comes to the fore halfway the track (which is only 128 seconds in length anyway) the bass still remains poundingly present, albeit in atmospheric terms! For a preview of the new material, you can surf to myspace.com/pn666, where the band not only posted a 3-minutes album teaser, but also the full "How Can I Be You", and a pre-production version of the track "Stone Roses, Dead Gardens" (funny how that song grew.or rather, was cut down to the essensials.with time). Not much no go on? Well, if PN is new to you, there's also 3 additional tracks off previous albums! I've always had a special place for this band in my heart, even at the very beginning, but I have to admit it's the band's musical prowess which won me over to including their material in my year-lists! By the way, the copy Johan handed me over came in a somewhat weird package, with the album wrapped in a poster-size packing paper, laid in a cigar box with the essential artwork printed on. Nice, very nice.but I suppose it's a limited edition of the album! Can't wait to go get myself a vinyl copy of the album as well! 98/100 Tony. From www.digg.be PN: From What Rivers Have To Offer Funtime Records, 2009 Voor Digg*ers van: de gebroeders Quinten, metal en hardcore Het gaat al geruime tijd goed met de Vlaamse muziekscène. En nee, we hebben het nu niet over Milk Inc. en konsoorten, maar over échte muziek. Vorig jaar kregen we al prachtige platen van ondermeer Amen Ra, Maudlin en The Black Heart Rebellion voorgeschoteld, dit jaar is het de beurt aan het Brabantse PN. De band rond de broers Johan 'Jokke' (zang) en Bert Quinten (gitaar), beiden ook actief in de punkrockformatie Homer, timmert al bijna vijftien jaar lang aan de weg en heeft op die tijd een serieuze back catalogue opgebouwd. Hoewel ze bij het grote publiek nooit écht zijn doorgebroken, kunnen ze op een trouwe fanbasis rekenen. En terecht, want de meningen over 'Through Satin Veils Gropes Desire', de laatste studioplaat van de band, waren unaniem lovend. Daardoor kwam de lat voor diens opvolger des te hoger te liggen. Gelukkig beschikt PN, in tegenstelling tot heel wat andere (lees: bekendere) groepen, over genoeg knowhow en klasse om bij elke plaat vooruitgang te boeken. Dat bewijzen ze dan ook met hun nieuwste album, 'From What Rivers Have To Offer'. Volgens hun MySpace-pagina speelt PN een mix van hardcore en metal. En inderdaad, 'From What Rivers Have To Offer' biedt voor elk wat wils. 'Let The Muse Respond' en 'Stone Roses, Dead Gardens' zullen zowel door stoner-als metalfans gesmaakt worden, terwijl PN in 'How Can I Be You?' (onze favoriet) en 'Favours and Favourites' de postcore-toer opgaat. 'Pull Out Of This Story' en (vooral) titeltrack 'From What Rivers Have To Offer' leggen dan weer de meer ingetogen kant van de band bloot. Voor laatstgenoemde song deed PN een beroep op de Leuvense Annelies Tanghe, als soloartieste ook wel bekend als IZA. Toen we dit nummer voor het eerst hoorden, dachten we zowaar even dat PN Lou Rhodes van Lamb had weten te strikken. Wát een stem!!! Maar ook de vocals van Johan Quinten doen daar niet voor onder: zijn cleane zangstem doet ons zelfs terugdenken aan de tijd dat John Garcia met wijlen Kyuss menig podia onveilig maakte. Tevens beschikt hij over een oerkreet die zonder de minste moeite een beer uit zijn winterslaap zou kunnen wekken. De andere muzikanten weten trouwens ook goed waar ze mee bezig zijn. Sla er daarvoor de lekker lang uitgesponnen instrumentale outro (inclusief een vette dubbele baspartij) van 'Favours and Favourites' maar eens op na. Jammer genoeg duren lange liedjes nooit lang, want na dik dertig minuten en acht songs zit 'From What Rivers Have To Offer' er al op. 'From What Rivers Have To Offer' van PN verveelt geen nanoseconde. Meer nog: in onze ogen (en oren) kan de band zich zonder blikken of blozen met meer internationale acts meten. Op de korte duur van de plaat na, hebben we dan ook hoegenaamd niks aan te merken op 'From What Rivers Have To Offer'. Dat PN ook oog voor detail heeft, bewijst de verpakking en het artwork van 'From What Rivers Have To Offer'. Elk album steekt namelijk in een houten sigarendoosje, waardoor de plaat al snel een heus hebbeding pleegt te worden. Klasse!!! P.S.: Fans van de broertjes Quinten en van punkrock met een lichtmetalen randje worden trouwens op hun wenken bediend: binnen een maand verschijnt 'Wasteland Reflections', de nieuwe Homer. Way to go, Jokke! www.funtimerecords.com/pn www.myspace.com/pn666 Door Tom Hamelrijckx 12/05/2009 - categorie : music |
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