WE ALSO LET BLOOD “Similar Thoughts” (Centipede Farm)

This is noise/electronica. But not just that. It is industrial strength noise. Loud, shrill and pointed noise. Noise that could live comfortably in any of the major cities in the midwest. And be damn proud of itself.

We Also Let Blood is the brainchild of one Harrison Phillis who apparently did everything on this release. I’ll be the first to admit I can only take so much noise/electronica but must confess that Phillis does what he does quite well. “Fog Shards”-the opener on side two, is particularly interesting, as there is a subtle touch of melody weaving through the wall of screeching that comprises the track. Even here, however, Phillis never lets you get too comfortable and maintains the bombardment well above any sense of melancholy and soulful malingering. The tape concludes with “Every Banality” where Phillis throws everything against the wall and it all sticks. Don’t get me wrong, this is still noise, but there is a lot going on until it settles firmly into a groove of….more noise.

In all there are five tracks here. The tape was released in 2016 and beyond that, as all too often is the case, we have no other information.

-- Bob Zilli

MOULTTRIGGER "Minimally Conscious State" C60 (Centipiede Farm)

Moulttrigger is the sound of a thousand failing engines, the first terminally ill robot.
Moulttrigger is Luigi Russolo’s rotting corpse, come back to popularize minimalism.
Moulttrigger is a “Same Shit, Different Day” bumper sticker, spliced & reversed.
Moulttrigger is the calculatedly taunting line between harsh and tonally wayward.
Moulttrigger is an unproductive conversation dwelled upon to the point of disassociation.
Moulttrigger is listenable to via links below and ought be observed with headphones.

https://centipedefarm.bandcamp.com/album/minimally-conscious-state
and/or
https://moulttrigger.bandcamp.com/

-- Jacob An Kittenplan

BLUE MOVIES "Muffy" C50 (Centipede Farm)

Blue Movies’ “Muffy” takes a single trebly signal and tweaks and contorts it into hundreds of distorted poses, dragging the slow motion re-framings through the sands of time. That’s a fancy way for me to say it sounds like someone having themselves a time with radio static and some pedals. Side 2 is markedly more focused and at times pretty engaging, especially once a percussive bent gets explored, but, across the board, I’d say this tape needs another whole new layer (preferably a bassy one) to mingle with before it can achieve maximum hypnotism. Keep exploring, BM!

https://centipedefarm.bandcamp.com/album/muffy

-- Jacob An Kittenplan

THIRD I "Nice Collection (2008-2016)" C70 (Centipede Farm)

Third I are Serbia’s answer to France’s Natural Snow Buildings. Same cinematic, culty-space jam ambiance, but with the substitution of organic instrumentation for way more blown out electronics, movie clips, and samples. Spooky sonic posits are floated and re-enforced with layers upon creeping layers of atonal textures and drones, making this one hell of a soundtrack to paint your own depressing stories to. Not exactly the anthems you wanna crank up on your way to a job interview, but also not to be all together avoided just because you had a shitty day at work, either.

https://thirdinoise.bandcamp.com/album/nice-collection-2008-2016
http://thirdinoise.co.nr/
and/or
https://centipedefarm.bandcamp.com/

-- Jacob An Kittenplan