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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."
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Ecce Beast
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Star Tribune critic Chris Riemenschneider called Ecce Beast "loaded with KTV's signature brand of nocturnal, gritty, experimental hip-hop." 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."
References
Swanson, Carl Atiya (April 10, 2009). "Interview: Kill The Vultures". The A.V. Club (Decider, Twin Cities edition). Archived from the original on 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
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.
