Paratactile PLE 1102-2 'Mass'

"Mass is the sound of inner torment. A dark unsettling world that even Prozac cannot dent. It's the world of out-guitarist Gary Smith, drummer Lou Ciccotelli and bassist Gary Jeff, and it tugs at the nerves and recesses previously disturbed by practitioners from Albert Ayler to the early Velvet Underground. Points of reference such as John McLaughlin, Derek Bailey, Lou Reed and 60's psychedelic marauders Blue Cheer flicker briefly as Smith unleashes jagged shards of whistling feedback and atonal shrieks that hover and buzz like a trapped wasp. Yet it's his sense of melodic release alongside the almost ambient flow and bustling linear rhythm that gives this the king of brooding hypnotic feel you simply can't turn off. Though your neighbours will no doubt disagree."
JN The Wire

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