What are you currently listening to?

[vol.2]

Having a good time listening to this recent release. It's 2 parts 90s IDM and 1 part recent 4th world electronic dance.

Les Avenirs by Miss Bean

[OmegaFlareX]

Leaves Turn Inside You is a fantastic album, but it is...different, and not really representative of the band's body of work, being more mellow with orchestral instruments.

I see. That sounds a bit like Post-rock, something I'm more familiar with (namely Jakob, Caspian, pg.lost). So I might still like it.

I've read at least one review calling it Post Rock, but I'm unfamiliar with the genre. Will be curious to hear your thoughts whenever .

Finally got around to listening to this.

So yeah, I pretty much called it. It is very Post-rock-y. But not the kind that's in my library, which has frequent moments of full-tilt insanity; this is far more chill, I guess you could say. I cannot recall of the top of my head any Post-rock bands to compare it to, I just know I've heard this sort of thing before when first investigating the sub-genre. That said, I would not be surprised if the artists were inspired by what Radiohead was doing at the time. Also, I apologize for not having any context to the progression of the band's sound, since I'm not familiar with Unwound's other work.

The album had a cool opening. This bagpipes-like drone. I wasn't too impressed with the first 4 songs, but I did notice that there were some nice clean guitar sounds on one or more of them. Drums were really low in the mix, and I'd say the vocals remind me a bit of Sunny Day Real Estate. At first there were a lot of bizarre time signatures in small-ish-sounding environments, stuff that generally puts me off, but over time the album started to expand and skew and distort, which grabbed my attention: there were some really cool musical atmospheres in Demons Sing Love Songs/One Lick Less, and some nice shoegaze-like pitch-bending in Off This Century, all of which were more my thing. Summer Freeze had a really sinister riff which I liked a lot, and I'd say Scarlette was the most ear-catching track of the bundle, at least until the vocals came in, heh. The closing pieces were way out there, in deep space, and I caught myself thinking this would be a super rad album to listen to on weed or psychedelics. Neither of which I can partake in, oh well.

Overall, this was some really complex and creative stuff. I acknowledge its fans' perceived greatness. Unfortunately, the sketchy openers and utterly experimental nature lead me to conclude that it's not really for me. However, I think that with some more listens, I could learn to love it. In an online game a couple years ago, I met a fan of this band called Mew, who pointed me in their direction, and I came up with a similar conclusion to this album. The issue is, I don't really have motivation to explore further. Maybe if I had a significant other who liked them, I could be a fan as well.

[BurlyHeart]

Re: Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You

Finally got around to listening to this.

So yeah, I pretty much called it. It is very Post-rock-y. But not the kind that's in my library, which has frequent moments of full-tilt insanity; this is far more chill, I guess you could say. I cannot recall of the top of my head any Post-rock bands to compare it to, I just know I've heard this sort of thing before when first investigating the sub-genre. That said, I would not be surprised if the artists were inspired by what Radiohead was doing at the time. Also, I apologize for not having any context to the progression of the band's sound, since I'm not familiar with Unwound's other work.

The album had a cool opening. This bagpipes-like drone. I wasn't too impressed with the first 4 songs, but I did notice that there were some nice clean guitar sounds on one or more of them. Drums were really low in the mix, and I'd say the vocals remind me a bit of Sunny Day Real Estate. At first there were a lot of bizarre time signatures in small-ish-sounding environments, stuff that generally puts me off, but over time the album started to expand and skew and distort, which grabbed my attention: there were some really cool musical atmospheres in Demons Sing Love Songs/One Lick Less, and some nice shoegaze-like pitch-bending in Off This Century, all of which were more my thing. Summer Freeze had a really sinister riff which I liked a lot, and I'd say Scarlette was the most ear-catching track of the bundle, at least until the vocals came in, heh. The closing pieces were way out there, in deep space, and I caught myself thinking this would be a super rad album to listen to on weed or psychedelics. Neither of which I can partake in, oh well.

Overall, this was some really complex and creative stuff. I acknowledge its fans' perceived greatness. Unfortunately, the sketchy openers and utterly experimental nature lead me to conclude that it's not really for me. However, I think that with some more listens, I could learn to love it. In an online game a couple years ago, I met a fan of this band called Mew, who pointed me in their direction, and I came up with a similar conclusion to this album. The issue is, I don't really have motivation to explore further. Maybe if I had a significant other who liked them, I could be a fan as well.

Appreciate the write-up! Been a while since I have listened to it tbh - perhaps tonight. But I can't shake the feeling that it's a great album and I'm just not 100% getting it (though I do think it's very good.)

Have you heard Slint's Spiderland? It is similarly praised, perhaps even more so than Unwound's Leaves. I have yet to really listen to it myself. Been on my wishlist for ages, but something else always catches my eye and I haven't got around to buying it yet. Maybe next paycheck.

[OmegaFlareX]

Have you heard Slint's Spiderland? It is similarly praised, perhaps even more so than Unwound's Leaves. I have yet to really listen to it myself. Been on my wishlist for ages, but something else always catches my eye and I haven't got around to buying it yet. Maybe next paycheck.

I've heard mention of Slint before, but I forget where. I will add it to my list of things to check out.

For what it's worth, in this day and age, I'd highly recommend listening to an album via streaming (YT is fine, it's what I use) before purchasing a record. I have stuff in my library that I definitely would have skipped if I actually sat down and listened to the whole thing first.

Speaking of: Bandcamp Friday was yesterday! It kinda snuck up on me and a project I've been following since, like, a year ago, finally released their LP, so I knew it was time for a new batch. However, my wishlist is such that I've forgotten what the things on it sound like, so I basically spent all day yesterday listening to my wishlist and making a BUY NOW list. I literally ran out of time and checked out 2 hours before BCF was over; it was past midnight and I needed sleep. Pickups (Artist - Album):

All Under Heaven - Collider
Alvvays - Blue Rev (the weirdo of the bunch: pretty pop-y indie rock, although with a shoegaze twist, which is what interests me about this album)
Bellweather
Day Aches - Fever Dreams
Distressor - Momentary (the project I've been tracking since last year, I loved the singles but I usually don't buy singles)
Holy Fawn - Death Spells
Life On Venus - Encounters (my CC declined this one at first, maybe because the band is Russian?)
Pelican - What We All Come To Need (FINALLY, it was the oldest album in my wishlist and will replace a single track from it I got off of iTunes in probably 2009)
Pg.lost - Oscillate
Pure Hex - Still Dark (this one was the best, I thought, of the handful of albums I filed under "maybe")
Ride - Going Blank Again (yes, Ride is on BC now!)
Slow Crush - Aurora
[trauma ray] (I listened to their whole discog and this one was the best)

Also I have 2 CDs (actually 4 discs) to rip from an Amazon order months ago, both Deluxe Edition remasters:
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
NIИ - The Downward Spiral (this is my 3rd time replacing this album)

So yeah, mostly more shoegaze/dream-pop, minus pg.lost/Pelican (post-rock) and the CDs. Although, regarding shoegaze, one could say: A) post-rock has some overlap with it; B) The Cure influenced shoegaze/dream-pop; C) Trent Reznor is definitely a fan of it. Everything's related, I guess!

Finally, I listened to several "iconic" albums recently that I'd never heard before in their entirety:
(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Frogstomp
Tiny Music... Songs From the Vatican City Gift Shop
Deftones
Turn On The Bright Lights

I love the sound of that Oasis record and it's now on my "buy" list. Silverchair was a bit of a dud. The overall sound was just a bit too shallow/simplistic for my current tastes. I really wanted to like the STP record, and for sure there's some good stuff on there (the singles are ok, Adhesive and And So I Know are really groovy), but, much like the aforementioned Unwound record, it was just a bit too experimental for me. Deftones was a "maybe": I liked a few tracks but I don't think the album is as accessible as AtF or White Pony. Also I am not a fan of Deftones' drum recording techniques. The snare sounds so dinky. So... Interpol.... back when I would listen to Pandora at work, it would play me the opener ("Untitled") quite often and I loved it. Still do, that is an incredible work of dream-pop. I was utterly shocked to discover that the rest of the album sounds nothing like it, and was, to put it bluntly, Not My Thing. This is one exception I would make for intentionally having a single track in my library. And, in the future, it's definitely going on a playlist in some form. I might burn a Shoegaze Vol 2 CD to listen to in my car, and Untitled would be an ideal track for it.

That's my full report. Thanks for reading. I like music.

[mycophobia]

i released an album today https://mycophobiah.bandcamp.com/album/ ... l-sequence

[vol.2]

Unwound

Unwound just got back together and is touring. They are playing in Philly on the 15th and 16th.


I went to see Cindy Lee Friday night. Pretty great stuff; somewhere between lo-fi doo-wop and The Jesus and Mary Chain filtered through post-noise. I loved it. https://cindylee.bandcamp.com/album/wha ... o-eternity

[blackoak]

i released an album today https://mycophobiah.bandcamp.com/album/ ... l-sequence

Nice work, I've been listening this afternoon. Interesting meandering quality to the compositions... doesn't always work for me but I certainly prefer it to conventional song structures and it gives your pieces an almost ambient quality sometimes. Favorites for me are sun-colored envelope, unreusable, and a nice breeze. Do you like the mecha ritz ost? Some of the melodic sensibilities (and sound palette) felt similar.

[mycophobia]

i released an album today https://mycophobiah.bandcamp.com/album/ ... l-sequence

Nice work, I've been listening this afternoon. Interesting meandering quality to the compositions... doesn't always work for me but I certainly prefer it to conventional song structures and it gives your pieces an almost ambient quality sometimes. Favorites for me are sun-colored envelope, unreusable, and a nice breeze. Do you like the mecha ritz ost? Some of the melodic sensibilities (and sound palette) felt similar.

hey thanks for listening. the structure of most of the tracks was a deliberate choice for sure, i wanted to keep the tracks dynamic both in segments and in the composition of the segments themselves. Aphex Twin, primarily his later-ish output as The Tuss and on Syro were an inspiration in that regard. Riot ended up with an accidental verse-chorus structure that sounded too good to pass up though.

I have never heard of Mecha Ritz but I will check it out

[GaijinPunch]

New Depeche Mode album. Best since the 90's? In touch with mortality, which was the theme even before Fletch's passing. There's a couple on there that I'm not feeling, but not a big deal. I actually really dislike 2 songs on Music for the Masses which is considered a fucking smash by any standards. Anywho, they play in Man Jose tonight. Trying to figure out my price point for good seats on the resale market.

[vol.2]

New Depeche Mode album. Best since the 90's? In touch with mortality, which was the theme even before Fletch's passing. There's a couple on there that I'm not feeling, but not a big deal. I actually really dislike 2 songs on Music for the Masses which is considered a fucking smash by any standards. Anywho, they play in Man Jose tonight. Trying to figure out my price point for good seats on the resale market.

I saw they released something and have been meaning to check it out. I want to go into it in the right mood though bc it's so easy for me to hate on older acts like that. I agree about MFTM actually. I never really got into that album. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they didn't have any truly consistent albums between Speak and Spell and Violator. The closest they came for me was Black Celebration, but even that one has one or two songs I usually skip. If Vince Clark came back, now that would be really interesting.

[GaijinPunch]

I saw they released something and have been meaning to check it out. I want to go into it in the right mood though bc it's so easy for me to hate on older acts like that. I agree about MFTM actually. I never really got into that album. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they didn't have any truly consistent albums between Speak and Spell and Violator. The closest they came for me was Black Celebration, but even that one has one or two songs I usually skip.

I love MtfM. Just a couple of tracks to me are duds. It's one of my stranded on an island albums. But yeah I think all of the albums up to Violator, and even Songs of Faith and Devotion (which took me ages to warm up to) are all excellent.

If Vince Clark came back, now that would be really interesting.

Better if Alan came back.

[orange808]

I was quite satisfied with Wilder's departure and still am. Of course, that could be due to the fact that I actually listen to their new material. Playing the Angel marked a significant improvement and their output has been fruitful ever since. (Yeah, Exciter sucks.)

My only issue these days is that Gahan still seems to be bothered by critics. It really doesn't matter what an established band does, you can't win. You either sound the same or you've gone too far. You're either doing a pathetic victory lap with the same sounds or you're "pathetically" desperate to remain relevant by experimenting. Catch 22.

And, of course, there's always someone throwing rocks that never even listened to the new stuff; someone that's fixated on the good old days and pining for some moment of their youth when they heard some song--or pining for a lost member. In this case, it was a member that mostly participated in production. The band has hired other producers since--and it's nice to have Gore and Gahan more engaged in crafting the final product.

I'm not sure what the age remark was about. None of the new DM albums plumb the depths of the undead Rolling Stones and the way they shuffle through each successive zombie project. Or the disappointment of Jones and Simonon hooking up with a suitably young Gorillaz and crapping out the very forgettable Plastic Beach. This isn't a situation of Gahan repeating lines from an earpiece like Bruce Willis. The boys still have their wits about them and some genuine enthusiasm for their work. In fact, their belated second act was a direct result of Wilder's exit.

[GaijinPunch]

Good sum up. As someone that played classical piano through the age of 19, I was always an Alan fan (and followed his solo projects). He is, after all, the one that was properly musically trained and was known to carry a lot of the weight of the behind the scenes stuff. I actually like Ultra quite a bit, but didn't bother with much after that for various reasons. I do own Delta Machine and Spirit on Vinyl, so I have given the more recent stuff more than few days in court. I quite liked Spirit. My hot take is the Martin solos these days are a far cry from what they were up through Ultra. Only one on Memento Mori, FWIW.

I think the better argument to have is whether there is another front man that tops Dave Gahan, at any stage in his career, but most definitely now, at 60. I'd put him up there w/ Elvis and Freddie Mercury.

[orange808]

Gahan is a good front man. I've always been more of a Gore fan, myself.

I remember hearing complaints that Gore dropped demos and was too checked out of the creative process. I'm sure Wilder had some significant input, but demos like the one linked below have to give you some pause. It's all there. It seems Gore often came in and (essentially) handed the guys a coloring book. The art was done; color by numbers. In fact, Gore probably could have hired a producer, recorded a studio version on his own, and charted the single all by himself.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=VHXxG ... ture=share

[GaijinPunch]

I'm guessing it was different per album... I was far more obssessed as a younger man, but of course, no internet back then, so we didn't get all the details. I recall reading some head butting when Gahan was insistent on getting some writing credits. In all honesty, of the last two albums, I rate his songs the best by a fair margin.

I was always team Gore, but I knew that he wrote everything, and was fine performing a couple, which seemed like a nice trade off. The direction his solo songs have gone in the last few just don't do it for me. But, I saw him perform Somebody from about 20 feet away in 1994, back when a mob could rush the stage from GA and not get their asses tased and beaten... b/c I definitely couldn't afford the seats up there! I still look forward to whatever two tracks he'll play every time I see them, including tonight. I never check set lists before I go.

[vol.2]

I love MtfM. Just a couple of tracks to me are duds. It's one of my stranded on an island albums. But yeah I think all of the albums up to Violator, and even Songs of Faith and Devotion (which took me ages to warm up to) are all excellent.

I don't *dislike* mftm, or any of the other albums in the in-between time; I just think they all have 2 or 3 songs that are snoozers on them. What remains is still excellent, but yeah. I mean, SNS and Violator are both absolute masterpieces. Constructed of sterner stuff if you will, and the stars were aligned.

Better if Alan came back.

Yeah lol. That's not going to happen. Gore cucked Wilder so hard he'll never look back. I remember seeing some interviews sometime back with Wilder, iirc, he suggested that his treatment was borne out of Gore's feelings of abandonment when Clark left the band. It's not hard to imagine feeling left out in the cold when your primary song writer just ups and leaves after your first album. There was an interview I once ran across on youtube where Gore said as much. It was before ABF came out and they were nervous about living up to "Just Can't Get Enough." Anyway, I can't say I know how much Wilder contributed, but he certainly seems to think it was enough to be considered a member of the band, officially and financially speaking. I don't blame him.


I'm currently listening to Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom. It's the first album he released after falling out of window and becoming a paraplegic. I understand he had to rework a lot of the drum stuff to work without legs. It's fantastic; something like what The Incredible String Band might have done if they continued in the vein of The Beautiful Hangman's Daughter, but a lot more lush. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... A3PiPrccTU

[MOSQUITO FIGHTER]

Started wearing headphones at work all the time. They don't like it? Screw them. I have plenty of time to listen to music now.

Roxy Music - Avalon
David Bowie - Low
Prince - Purple Rain Deluxe Edition (Erotic City B-Side!)
Steeley Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
Supertramp - Breakfast In America
Coverdale & Paige
Captain Beefheart - Safe As Milk
Queen - Live at the Rainbow '74
The Doors - Absolutely Live
Cranes - Forever
The Church - Seance
The Chameleons - What Does Anything Mean Basically
Sad Lovers & Giants - Epic Garden Music
The Mission - God's Own Medicine
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
The Cranberries - Everyone Else Is Doing It
Fleeting Joys - Occult Radiance
Fleeting Joys - Speeding Away to Someday
Narrow Head - Sarisfaction
Suede - Coming Up
Suede - Autofiction
Drexciya - Neptune's Lair
Coroner - Mental Vortex
Metallica- And Justice For All
Celtics Frost - To Mega Therion
Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
Pentagram - Relentless
Kig Diamond - Abigail
Decide
Hank Mobley - Soul Station
John Coltrane - A Pove Supreme
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Sonny Rollins - Saxaphone Colossus
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream
Mega Drive - Threat Signal Loss
Orax - Crash
Tonebox - Cloud Highway
Spaceark - Spaceark Is

[GaijinPunch]

I don't *dislike* mftm, or any of the other albums in the in-between time; I just think they all have 2 or 3 songs that are snoozers on them. What remains is still excellent, but yeah. I mean, SNS and Violator are both absolute masterpieces. Constructed of sterner stuff if you will, and the stars were aligned.

I would agree, but there are very few albums that don't... for anybody. That's where I think Violator is quite the exception. It's a tight 9 tracks, which makes that easier to pull off, but the B-Sides of that era (which don't really seem to be a thing anymore sadly) are dope AF, too! Anywho, Of all of the older albums I've always dug A Broken Frame more than anything. Far more than Speak and Spell. I wouldn't mind hearing Photoraphic at a show though.

Anyway, I can't say I know how much Wilder contributed, but he certainly seems to think it was enough to be considered a member of the band, officially and financially speaking. I don't blame him.

Probably a gray area for the most part. One example I was shown though was the MFTM sleeper To Have and To Hold. Rather than fuck it up, you can read Alan's words on it here. Not sure about any animosity between him and Gore, ever really. Everything I've read said (including in Q&A's w/ him on the Recoil website) said they ended on good terms. Fletch was the one that was really pissed off. He even reunited like 10 years ago to perform Somebody, live. What a lucky bunch of fuckers that got to hear that.

He also stated in a Q&A that DM split everything four ways, and anything that comes in from the tunes when he was a full time member he still gets his 25%.

[vol.2]

Probably a gray area for the most part. One example I was shown though was the MFTM sleeper To Have and To Hold. Rather than fuck it up, you can read Alan's words on it here. Not sure about any animosity between him and Gore, ever really. Everything I've read said (including in Q&A's w/ him on the Recoil website) said they ended on good terms. Fletch was the one that was really pissed off. He even reunited like 10 years ago to perform Somebody, live. What a lucky bunch of fuckers that got to hear that.

He also stated in a Q&A that DM split everything four ways, and anything that comes in from the tunes when he was a full time member he still gets his 25%.

I think some of the Wilder/Gore animosity has been whitewashed. If you go back and dig up biography references and older interviews, Wilder painted a much darker picture of his relationship with the band. Supposedly was treated as an outsider and talked down to. When he left the band, he did so because he couldn't stand it anymore, and was very vocal about it at the time. There was a biography called Stripped that contains a bunch of this stuff. But then again, who really knows?

[Lander]

Dug this up from the ancient age after listening to some of the irons' more elegiac anthems. Rich, coffee-dark Finnish Folk Metal with a distinct national character to it.

Not just in the sound either. The lyrics are derived from the Kalevala - a 19th century national epic about the creation of earth - and center on the tragedy of Kullervo; a wild, unfortunate slave-born lad who swore blood vengeance on his captors at the tender age of three months.

This mythic figure would grow up to wreak folk magic carnage on his tormentors, accidentally bonk his sister, and slay the entire traitor tribe with a god-given vampire broadsword before ultimately turning it upon himself.
The blade cared not whose blood it drank, the earth mourned, and the gods looked on.

Metal as fuck

And blimey guv, what an album. House of Sleep, Born From Fire, The Smoke, Same Flesh, Stone Woman, banger after banger after banger with the other tracks nothing to sniff at in and of themselves.
Ei mikään eilisen teereen poika, bros. Take a listen, and remember that tooth and claw fear not THE WIDE BELT, nor THE BIG KEY TO THE GATE

[GaijinPunch]

I think some of the Wilder/Gore animosity has been whitewashed. If you go back and dig up biography references and older interviews, Wilder painted a much darker picture of his relationship with the band. Supposedly was treated as an outsider and talked down to. When he left the band, he did so because he couldn't stand it anymore, and was very vocal about it at the time. There was a biography called Stripped that contains a bunch of this stuff. But then again, who really knows?

The press statement could definitely be taken as such. Same w/ the quotes and the other comments. He's also said the reasons for leaving were many fold, and he deemed it better to make a press release that was rather to the point rather than letting the press speculate wildly. But I don't think it's any secret - they were in a dark place as a group. I don't think Dave even got clean until after Ultra which was another few years. Who wants to hang around a heroin addict? The last one in the quotes sounds pretty interesting. Also the ones that the tensions alone are not why he left. I can totally buy that he's a workaholic though. Sounds a lot like a lot of jobs I've had.

Worth mentioning now that Fletch has psased, the struggles between Dave & Martin have come to light, with many saying they aren't really friends. Definitely feels like it was a business, which I suppose is fair enough.

[BIL]

Metal as fuck

Onto me list! Good timing, I could use some new KVLTic materials.

[vol.2]

Last night went to see The Residents play here in Baltimore at the Ottobar.

Truly fantastic set, very doomy versions of many classic bangers. They opened up with their cover of "Jambalaya" which is a personal favorite. They did a more synth-driven version of it in the 90s that sets the standard.

[BrainΦΠΦTemple]

a 1200 lb guy scrEaming about his asshole

[BrainΦΠΦTemple]

listening to a 1200 lb fAt guy scrEam at his asshole

[Marc]

Quicksand - Slip 30th Anniversary (fuck!)
Jawbox - The Revisionist EP
Wendy Rae Fowler - Warped Resurrection
Wovenhand - Silver Sash

Fucking Quicksand tickets in the bag for layer this year, can't wait.

[Air Master Burst]

Saw Skinny Puppy on their "final" tour at the Fillmore in Minneapolis last night (I use the quotes because the official tagline for the tour is "when nothing is true anything is possible" so who even knows). Opener was Lead Into Gold, which was Paul Barker from Ministry and some other dude. Good show, although Lead Into Gold was having mic problems for a few songs.

Skinny Puppy had Ogre in a fun shadowbox thing with props for the first couple songs, then he came out dressed like the Emperor from Star Wars. After a few songs the cloak came off and he was rocking this goofy alien mask with light up LED eyes. They proceeded to beat his head in, remove his brain, and then feed it to him. Fun!

Toward the end of the night, I guess Ogre hurt his mouth somehow and was spitting up a bunch of blood, so we got some industrial improv for the first half of the encore! Not something I'd ever buy an album of, but in the context of the evening it was actually kinda cool.

Still fun being that guy not wearing black at an industrial show. I think they liked my Truxton 2 shirt, though!

[Lander]

Album: Loved to Death
Artist: Dance with the Dead
Genre: Post-John Carpenter Brutwave (Instrumental)

Holy Hammer Horror, Batman! Don't put this on while driving, lest you end up rocking out in a ditch with your shoe slammed through the footwell
I've long enjoyed DwtD's tightly-produced melange of wailing guitar solos and dark synth grit, but managed to miss out on this cracker until recently.

Opening as it means to continue, Go is less an acceleration curve and more an acceleration wall. Hard, Fast, and Now, as a popular UK women's magazine once put it.
War shows wibbity-wub genre-adjacents what for with appropriately impactful triplet syncopation, backed by legitimate melody and bass synths whose grand-grandpappy fought in the great Sega war of '92.
Salem, Portraits and Oracle position as downbeat interludes to the savagery, being closer to traditional Wavewave throwbacks that ostensibly aren't what I'm in attendance for, but are a nonetheless enjoyable part of the work's overall pacing.
And is that a rock organ I hear amidst the budda-budda-bow of From Hell, having made good its escape from the Prog Rock asylum for one last hurrah? Excellent!

Overall, great stuff. Well worth a listen alongside the rest of their discography

[Udderdude]

Oh yeah, I remember those guys. Guess I should try out their new stuff.

[vol.2]

Been zoning out to some Windows 96 recently: