Ecce Beast

Ecce Beast
Studio album by Kill the Vultures
Released	2009
Genre	Alternative hip hop
Kill the Vultures chronology
Midnight Pine (2007) Ecce Beast (2009) Carnelian (2015)

Ecce Beast is the third album by Minnesota alternative hip hop group Kill the Vultures. It was self-released by the band in 2009.

An album about urban alienation as seen through the eyes of a man driven to commit murder, Ecce Beast was more down-tempo and cinematic in approach than earlier work. The title plays off of the Latin phrase "ecce homo," meaning "behold the man," and refers to the protagonist's feelings of rage and self-negativity—thus, "behold the beast." ^[1]

Reception

Ecce Beast

Review scores
Source	Rating
Chroniques Electroniques	[2]

Star Tribune critic Chris Riemenschneider called Ecce Beast "loaded with KTV's signature brand of nocturnal, gritty, experimental hip-hop." ^[3] Amoeba Music noted that Ecce Beast's "noisy jazz instrumentals don’t always make for easy listening" but called the album rewarding and challenging "like a drinking session between a poet and a jazz band gone right." ^[4]

References

1. Swanson, Carl Atiya (April 10, 2009). "Interview: Kill The Vultures". The A.V. Club (Decider, Twin Cities edition). Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
2. B2B (April 17, 2009). "Kill The Vultures - Ecce Beast". Chroniques Electroniques. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
3. Riemenschneider, Chris (April 10, 2009). "LOCAL MUSIC: 'Champagne' supermen - Once a side project, the band Halloween, Alaska has survived out of love". Star Tribune . Minneapolis–Saint Paul. p. 1E.
4. "Kill the Vultures — Ecce Beast". Music We Like. Amoeba Music. Fall–Winter 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2023.

External links

• Ecce Beast at Discogs