When
searching Band Camp for cassettes, I came across this release and didn’t think
too much of the time frame of it because I generally tend to find the
bands/labels posting their music to be accurate, but in this case this was
actually recorded onto a cassette back in 2008 and was only released on Band
Camp as a free download more recently.
Fossils
begins with a twenty minute set and the second track is seventeen and a half
minutes for Howard Stelzer. I didn’t
realize it at first, but part way through the Fossils set they stop for
applause and thus I realize these songs are being recorded live. (It was probably another tidbit I overlooked
on the Band Camp description- oops)
This
is ambient noise overall, though both bands have their own styles. Fossils have some sort of gurgling noises I
can’t quite place and Howard Stelzer goes from Viking horns harmonizing
together to the sound of screaming (Though I’m pretty sure it’s not actual
screaming, not in a hardcore way, you know)
While
I would have probably not taken the time to listen to this had I known it was
six years old, I must say that I am impressed for it being that old and
recording quality. If this wasn’t
actually released as a cassette and just recorded onto one, then perhaps it needs
an official release. If it indeed was
released in 2008 as a cassette, then perhaps it needs to be re-released. I could think of a half dozen labels or so
that should rightfully put this out.
Heck, give me a stack of blank tapes and I’ll do it myself.
(The following photos appear courtesy of the Band Camp download)
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