20 December 2018

ESCALATOR


Do you ever want to listen to something that's really just a complete assault on all senses? A band that takes a palatable brans of chaotic and passionate crust and dements and contorts it until all of the fine edges are crushed beneath a wall of distorted bliss. Maybe the demo recording is the reason, or maybe the whole thing was calculated, but it makes the sole quiet break "in "Young Til I'm Not" soooooo much more powerful when it's preceded and followed by an onslaught of raw sound. Like '90s north american basement crust conjuring SYSTRAL and the like, ESCALATOR simply pummel, and the around the edges roughness creates a mystery that suits them quite well. At the close of the demo, you get one last hint at what might be lurking when everything drops out revealing a lone low end rumble (that might be a bass?) before "Compulsory Castration" wraps with one final burst of rage. Sometimes you need to step away from the slick and manufactured and listen to a real intensity. 



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