There is not much info to be found about this project. But I know it got Four members (Ryan Naideau, Ryan Woodhall, Frank Ludovico and Jeremy Nissan), which is a bit rare in the individualistic noise scene of today. Also live performances of this quartet can be found on the web, and they are worth checking out. Their last release is from 2010, so I don't know if the band is still active.The album opens with kitchen like sounds, quickly transforming into harsh industrial hits. Its very cool how this field recording flows into total brutality and discomfort. The second track (a very short one) is a field recording from a room/space full of people. I mainly hear children and women. Nothing happens with this field recording, which is kinda weird and voyeuristic. "Straining Repulsion", the one that follows, has a abrasive guitar-like sound, going towards total annihilation. And "A Makeshift Pissoir" has brutal vocals drenched in nasty electronics. "Idled Saturation" has a more eerie and calmer atmosphere, like sneaking around in the moist basement of a serial killer. Sounds of water dripping and high, sharp tones guide you through this dark track. "The Pissmop" has ill sounding loops, what seems to be recordings from a amusement park. The eight track has sharp, dissonant horror tones, which feels like tumbling down a infinite staircase. Its also similar to the works of Penderecki. "Did This Really Happen" and "Gag Symphony #1" also have loops, and sick ones as well. It are loops of voices, strange and unplaceable. They make a great combination of mesmerising sounds. "Liquid Shimmer" has the feeling of being in a large space that has a shower with a metal curtain, producing a very heavy and majestic sound. Or with less imagination: in a workingplace with lots of hacksaws. And as last one we got "Nectars Of The Passion", wich is similar to the opening track, but more chaotic. And it contains vocal loops and female sounds (sexual ones).
This is a very brutal and raw album. I also consider it to be very nihilistic and bleak in sound. Maybe it has to do with the overall usage of short tracks, or facing the listener to a morbid freakshow of the everyday live.
This mind staggering release leaves you with questions and lots of thinking.
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Boomkat