Album Rating: 5.0
Album is irresistible Zak, yet more evidence 90s >
Even Swans were essential
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I'll have another go then I spose.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Zak it's incredible!
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Bit too drivel and bollocks for me butters old son.
The mods shit 'em
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL6T5eh8CAY
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Album Rating: 5.0
anyone know the backstory to the recording in i was a prisoner in your skull
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Album Rating: 4.5
I think Gira mentioned it was one of Jarboe's father's FBI recordings, but never went into the direct context other than that "the person is obviously aware of the tape, and he’s also some kind of criminal".
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Album Rating: 5.0
whoa that's cool i didnt know jarboe's dad was fbi.
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
Didn't they destroy a bunch of the tapes after they finished the album?
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Album Rating: 5.0
Yeah, this album was an impetus to seek out and use various material from tapes recorded throughout the 80s and 90s by Gira
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Album Rating: 5.0
Saw these guys live a week ago or so. Absolutely life changing. Best live show I've ever been on. I cried like a baby on certain tracks. The stuff from The Glowing Man was amazing.
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i imagine the columbine massacre playing out in my head whenever i listen to helpless child
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Album Rating: 4.5
Pretty much never see anyone mention Mellothumb, but I absolutely love how the sombre chords at the start get completely swallowed up by the cavernous ambience
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An extremely good record.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Yeah that ambience in Mellothumb is creepy and otherworldly. Also Surrogate 2 really nails that eerie vibe in such a short time.
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Album Rating: 5.0
I love how when I keep listening to this I recognize reused tape loops, like the low rumble in Volcano and I Love You This Much, the beginning drone of Helpless Child being used near the end of Minus Something, that weird lower kinda suction-y noise near the end of (as well as one of the opening drone noises) in I Was A Prisoner In Your Skull used again in The Beautiful Days, the drone fading in a bit less than two minutes into Mellothumb being reused in the intro to How They Suffer, and probably other examples I haven't even caught yet. What an amazing album.
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Rumbles, suction-y noises, drone, reused tape loops.
Yep it really is that shit.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Yeah, it's amazing. And it takes a while to figure it out, as well. There is occasionally cohesion despite of how sporadic a lot of the material might seem.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Btw, I think it's Jarboe with her voice modulated on The Beautiful Days and Minus Something. It matches the cadence and pronunciation she usually has.
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Album Rating: 5.0
It is, and the kid sample is a very young Jarboe in fact.
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that sample makes me shiver every time
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