EGGPLANT & FRIENDS

 

I can only assume this is Robert Eggplant related, but I wish that I could tell you more than I can tell you, dear visitor. But what I can tell you (dear visitor) is that this mysterious tape will move in and out of your ears, roll into your day and then fade naturally back into the shadows....sounds that are present without ever feeling urgent. Mostly solo acoustic, mostly melancholy without ever sounding sad, mostly...interesting without ever feeling important. It's one of the things in life that's there if you want it, there if you need it, but demands nothing from you. It's cool, there is a place for those things, and the curious among you will want to know what this (almost unmarked) 90min cassette has in store for you. The uncurious (incurious?) won't bother - and that's fine too. 

ROUGH DRAFTS

FEROCIOUS X

 

The Osaka show in 2006 - Kevin brought us a killer spread and scored Jensen and me copies of the new but already scarce Befreia Från Vånda EP before the show, and then FEROCIOUS X blew the fukkn doors off the joint. On a night where we saw FRAMTID, SPRIAL COLLECTIVE and CROW, it's noteworthy that FEROCIOUS X made the impression that they did. And nine years later I was beyond chuffed when I saw that we were playing with them again...and again they were an absolute steamroller. They translate to the recorded medium effortlessly - pure sonic devastation, exactly when you need. That Osaka show in 2006....that was one of the good ones. 

SVÅRT ATT ÖVERLEVA

MEDIA BLITZ

 

You like punk? You came to the right place today, because this MEDIA BLITZ tape is fukkn punk, punk. 

U WANT IT U GOT IT!

CRUDE THOUGHT

 

Earlier this year I posted the first CRUDE THOUGHT tape and kinda gushed about how honest the band sounded. Everything I said there applies here, but this recording is like the band has fully manifested their vision. From the opener "It Could Be You" to the awkward monotony of "Body" that closes the tape, CRUDE THOUGHT deliver damage with intention and you can feel them when you listen. Read everything I said back in January and know that it's all amplified here. 

CRUDE THOUGHT

IRON LUNG MIXTAPE III

 

Iron Lung Records has been the most consistent North American label for well over a decade. From LBB to PHYSIQUE, from DOLDREY to DANK GOBLINS.....they know what they like. The releases are all over the map sonically with one constant through line: quality. You see the lung logo on the back, you know it's good. This dropped in 2017, so I think we're all due a new mix....if we've earned it.

IRON LUNG MIXTAPE III

KEM TRAIL

 

Suspend belief for a brief moment (or for fourteen minutes) and let Ach Cola Acht Bit take you to a place where punk eschewed guitars and sonic fury and found a home inside video games. DBeats make way for power-ups, clenched fists open up to hold controllers and the chaos is contained inside your screen. I was initially inclined to wonder why this exists, but now I'm left asking myself how it can feel so right.  

ACHT COLA ACHT BIT

OLD THRASHERS REUNION

 

For all of the bizarre creations that Necrosignatures Occult Library has bestowed upon us, their opening salvo might still be their most ambitious. A full bodied some-kind-of-feeling album that doesn't remotely hint at the slew of varied (and excellent)releases that would follow, the 2019 tape from OLD THRASHERS REUNION is an evil nasal-y bedroom indie anomaly...maybe it just fits the description, or maybe because it fits the description and it's a perfect recording. A self released tape filled with should-have-been alt/pop hits is a rare treasure in any context, but knowing that the VÖLKERDÄMMERUNG tape came right on the heels of this masterpiece, and knowing that the same party (parties?) was (were?) responsible simply shoots this shit to the stratosphere. 

OLD THRASHERS REUNION