Eagle Keys - s/t

Even Stilte

Super-crunch with honey drones.

Tim Olive, last seen with Supernatural Hot Rugs and Not Used, is credited only with electric bass here though I’m challenged to hear anything remotely resembling even extended technique output on such. But I’ll take his word for it. Francisco Meirino (aka Phroq), seems to have taken Olive’s sounds, transmogrified them via insidious means and egested two tracks worth of blustery, difficult, clangorous, wheezing and altogether obstreperous noise.

It’s pretty good.

There are elements, if you take your life into your hands and lean close to the speakers (on a few occasions, enormous enough sounds emerge, capable of cracking nearby thin glass—beware) which you can actually pick out that may have had their origins in strumming, though it’s in the manner you might expect to hear from Frith’s great-great-grandchildren. But who cares? This is one of those recordings where the result seems so far removed from issues of touch that you simply either wallow in the rough ‘n’ tumble or don’t. If I find the longer track somewhat more engaging than the shorter, it may only be because it raised more bruises. One intriguing aspect is how strong the drones, which one might initially relegate to background status, become on subsequent listens. There’s more than enough going on to reward many return listens. Just remember to bring those safety glasses.

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