Keiji Haino and Sumac
Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood...


3.4
great

Review

by Miloslaw Archibald Rugallini STAFF
October 19th, 2022 | 23 replies


Release Date: 2022 | Tracklist

Review Summary: the fuzz pedal planted in your throat will beckon the rawr

Merriam-Webster defines sumac as a shredded coiled cable. Within this cable sincerity could not be contained. Odd. Is that an improvised answer? Well, when logic rises morality falls. You'd do well to remember: logic and morality in Japanese are but one character different.

What has SUMAC become? One suspects that from the advent they were but one character different from a Keiji Haino hissyfit. That character has flipped, and flipped right back. They are monogamous polygamists. They no longer write songs; they perform them. An empty penumbra smothers your firmament, you need only fill it with growth. Go on—expand.

That “regularity” of yours; can you throw it further than me? And I don't mean “discarding” it. Oh no; hurl it from a bridge. If it fractures when it breaks the surface, the rhythm section might just play in unison in celebration of your existential supremacy. Might.

Yet you don't need such affirmation. Authoritarian assurance is for luddites. You will mine for your own truth, and you may find it weightless. Because the evidence of a fact is valued over the fact itself. The rigid man bathes in the milk of his Mother, the enlightened man is merely grateful to have suckled. In rigidity, Truth (???), assuming one can call it such, becomes fractured. In enlightenment, we are stoic and serious and nourished, and this is enough to make Aaron Turner yell. Sometimes.

I recall there was a crowd. You cheered. That fuzz pedal you planted in your throat, its screw has started to come loose. Your next effects pedal is up. Do you have it ready? Whatever the case, it is your turn to roar the heavenly tubes toward a higher vibration. Don't you dare hit a major third.

The golden group always have the next effects pedal ready, for it is this which the audience of an uncertain tomorrow crave. This is the deal they have struck with us—we are stricken, and can't let them go. Lo, into this juvenile apocalypse, our golden blood to pour.

Let us.

Never.



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3.5
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Comments:Add a Comment 
MiloRuggles
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2022


3025 Comments

Album Rating: 3.4

This review was prepared in the latter-day SUMAC style, and may show signs of improvisation and last-ditch editing. It is a true representation of my own artistic inclinations

Don't read th tracklist nu

The summary was shamelessly stolen from a Johnny desperate to save me from myself and write this better. I failed him.

Jasdevi087
October 19th 2022


8124 Comments


not a keiji haino project if the tracklist isn't incomprehensible

Lichtbringer
October 19th 2022


1146 Comments


i bet this is absolute garbage

insomniac15
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2022


6173 Comments


I tried getting into SUMAC, but I couldn't for some reason. Still waiting for that song or album to click for me. Excellent write-up

MiloRuggles
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2022


3025 Comments

Album Rating: 3.4

It's more comprehensible with punctuation jas, that's for true (still idfk)

Oh yes, all who enjoy this here silly write up also owe a big THANK YOU CHEF to Gnocchi for providing the impetus for the silliness

This is not garbage! It's far from flawless, but some dope shit arises from the murk on a number of occasions

Johnny, check what one becomes already

Dewi u r a cute and I hope you like

Cheers insomniac, this probably ain't the album haha

Taxt
October 19th 2022


1605 Comments


Perfect review
I'm loving this tbh, prefer it to American Dollar Bill. Some sublime moments on this thing.

MiloRuggles
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2022


3025 Comments

Album Rating: 3.4

Well j_well, that could be a good idea, but the driving factor in your decision should be your preferred ratio of sonicexploration: mathhomework. Provide the values, receive the rec

Hello taxt! Yeah there's gold on here. Usually when the bass locks into a pattern tbh

MoM
October 20th 2022


5994 Comments


Branca in the recommended? This is gonna need a listen

MiloRuggles
Staff Reviewer
October 20th 2022


3025 Comments

Album Rating: 3.4

She is hot! Wait till you get to the one where the end is all like BBBWWWWFFFFFGGGGHHHHHHHHHAYAYAY

Okay okay, don't take the branca comparison too seriously, tis a loose comparison

MoM
October 20th 2022


5994 Comments


I’m already committed!

What about the Ruins comparison (I’ve only heard one song from Mandala, but I love it)? I can only be played with so much!

Space Jester
October 20th 2022


10992 Comments


Ahhhhhh I almost forgot about this hell yea

MiloRuggles
Staff Reviewer
October 20th 2022


3025 Comments

Album Rating: 3.4

Oh shit no it doesn't sound much like ruins. They're kind of philosophical relatives. I just like to plug albums I love haha

MoM
October 20th 2022


5994 Comments


That works! I’ve got a good feeling about this one. It’ll either be a 5 or nothing

TheBarber
October 20th 2022


4130 Comments


American Dollar Bill sort of sucks imo. Even For Just The Briefest is when this project truly took off, underrated record.

After first listen I whish I were in the bar where they recorded this. A lot of slams. I'll have to give another listen to feel if this is more than a live performance on tape tho.

Tyll
October 20th 2022


36 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Their best collaborative effort in my opinion.

FadedSun
October 20th 2022


3196 Comments


I don't know what this review was trying to tell me, but it's Sumac so I guess I know what it will sound like anyway.

MrGlass
October 20th 2022


605 Comments


I absolutely love Sumac, but their collabs with this guy are just a little too contemporary art gallery for me

Relinquished
October 20th 2022


48717 Comments


lmao I like the summary

ramon.
October 24th 2022


4182 Comments


cheering milo's name at my computer desk and doing crowd noises and blasting confetti raaahhhhhhhhhhhhh

Zig
October 26th 2022


2747 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

lovely



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