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Mouthus, "Loam"
Psychedelic music has been getting a lot of attention lately, but I'mhard pressed to find anything with such a tag to be truly psychedelic.The first side of this LP from the duo of Brian Sullivan and NateNelson was refreshing for that reason. A vaguely rhythmic series ofchoppy and sloppy hi-hat smacks and tom pops lays out the framework forvibrating guitar noise and deeply running bass hums throughout thefirst side of Loam.
Ecstatic Peace
It's messy, beautiful, and recalls all the effects and variables of apsychedelic painting or a hyper-real physical experience. Theinstruments swim in and out of each other while a clattering of sheetmetal provide a point of reference or a singularity through which allthe random sounds can be filtered and processed. "Yota" and "SheepDust" together and together they sound like one fantastic side-longepic of feedback and blossoming pseudo-melodies. The second side,however, fails to provide anything too interesting. More solid andcomplete rhythms come from this duo on the last three tracks and theirguitar work ruins the moody and elemental nature that they introducedon the first half of the record. It's difficult even saying thisbecause the first two tracks have been spinning for about eightrotations now and I can't bring myself to stop the constant onslaughtof the keyboard-like melodies and the ear-splitting bursts of static,whines, and hellish winds. "Must Anubis" and "Throat" both have theirmoments, but less vibrant and seemingly less thought out ideas manifeston them. If only these songs hadn't been released on this record; theydon't even sound like they belong on the same album as "Yota" and"Sheep Dust." Those two songs have me absolutely spellbound and standout as two of my favorite songs I've heard this year.
Ecstatic Peace
It's messy, beautiful, and recalls all the effects and variables of apsychedelic painting or a hyper-real physical experience. Theinstruments swim in and out of each other while a clattering of sheetmetal provide a point of reference or a singularity through which allthe random sounds can be filtered and processed. "Yota" and "SheepDust" together and together they sound like one fantastic side-longepic of feedback and blossoming pseudo-melodies. The second side,however, fails to provide anything too interesting. More solid andcomplete rhythms come from this duo on the last three tracks and theirguitar work ruins the moody and elemental nature that they introducedon the first half of the record. It's difficult even saying thisbecause the first two tracks have been spinning for about eightrotations now and I can't bring myself to stop the constant onslaughtof the keyboard-like melodies and the ear-splitting bursts of static,whines, and hellish winds. "Must Anubis" and "Throat" both have theirmoments, but less vibrant and seemingly less thought out ideas manifeston them. If only these songs hadn't been released on this record; theydon't even sound like they belong on the same album as "Yota" and"Sheep Dust." Those two songs have me absolutely spellbound and standout as two of my favorite songs I've heard this year.
samples:
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