This
cassette begins with screeching and an ocean whirr. There are sharp tones on a loop and it is somehow
heavy to say the least. I can’t tell if
what comes next is the sound of screaming ala I Like You, Go Home or if it’s an
audio clip, but the way that it blends so seamlessly it doesn’t really
matter. There are distant mewithoutYou
aspects to the music and I’m beginning to think of it more as being hardcore
than harsh noise.
As
we near the end of Side A, there are Pong-like doops that keep the beat and
distorted guitar loops. Pained screams
turn into manipulated suffering. It
turns from that earlier hardcore sound into something more industrial/electro
and all I can think of is Justin Marc Lloyd.
An audio clip is taking us home
and there is a real Son of Sam vibe to it, about serial killers and all, and
just overall about being lonely. The side
ends with the sound of footsteps.
Side
B starts with a song that is quiet and full of haunted whirrs. It’s windy and ambient fog stuff. It goes out ringing and brings on the second
and final song with a gong. There are static guitars amidst reverb singing
and sharp feedback. The overall vibe of
it is a mewithoutYou hidden track. Through
psychedelic swirls, this becomes both wavy and choppy. By the end it is almost laughing and I can
hear a mix of Black Sabbath and Public Image Limited.
It
is hard to think of this as straight up ambient or noise as there are seemingly
too many aspects of hardcore blended in as well. But it can be some unique combination of them
all and however you want to define it I’m definitely listening to this one a
lot.
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