Almost hard to believe this Iowa outfit has been kicking for a decade now, but I was blown away by Chiaroscuro when I checked it out last week and fukk is it cool to listen to the band in their infancy. All of the power is there on Ergot and Black Salt (both released in 2015, and combined on this tape), but CLOSET WITCH are absolutely primal and unpolished on these early recordings - no less devastating the than the band they became, but some of the power manifests as passion here and I am all about it. Check the new recording of course (and everything in between), but the roots are fierce. The roots are beautiful. The roots are ugly. The roots are pure. Choice cut: "Secane" - if only as a reminder that the grind is driven by internal forces.
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