The Inverted Orange - "S/T" (Prison Art)

The Inverted Orange's self-titled new cassette is a swirling rhythmic ride of guitar lead textural compositions. I would say the guitar is the focal point and/or fulcrum around which all the pieces revolve. Though there are vocals on several tunes, they are added sound colors as opposed to more trad.-rock verse-chours style offerings. Looping lines and pocket-grooves create trances on this tape. At times I reminded of Discipline era King Crimson ("Resisting Animal Urges" for example). Overall the album conveys a sense of keeping the works tight as the guitars never fly off into wank territory (not that there's anything wrong with that). I feel like this tape could be a good addition to a late spring sunset. The first stars appear in the sky as the end of The Inverted Orange's final notes fade away.

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The Plums - "Nixon's Mess" (Prison Art)

The Plums, a noise institution for at least the ten years or so, have a new album out on Prison Art and it is good. Heavy, fuzzy, thick, and with each side being about sixteen minutes in length, a very enjoyable listen should you be in the mood for sludge fucking guitar squall. Nixon's Mess is hypnotic and thoroughly awesome. The crescendo's of riffage, groove, and noise is in perfect harmony here and when blasts of feedback hit ya in the earhole, you whimper, but never turn away. Just good noise/rock...Recommend this to you and yours...

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