29 July 2010

SIGNALS


This three piece has done their homework, and have managed to take psychedelic Krautrock and combine it with late '80s Wax Trax acts like CLOCK DVA to make a seven song cassette as thoroughly engaging as anything I've heard in quite some time. "Return To Zero" starts the tape with jerky club rhythms and space ship guitars that take me back to The Wreck Room circa 1989, and then "Passage" serves as a...well, passage into the abrasive and aptly titled "Anyuerism" which sounds like a lost MINISTRY offering with about 2/3 of the overdubs missing. Side A closes with an eight minute odyssey, featuring samples from one of my favorite documentaries of the last 10 years, upping the creep factor exponentially. Side B is more of the same - equal parts HAWKWIND and THROBBING GRISTLE, and closing with a 64 second burner called "Damage Report" that leaves you yearning for more. Fukkn great release from Linear B Tapes


1 comment:

Twin Uzis in Hyrule said...

Thanks for taking the time to review. I just ordered my cassette copy.