The evening of Sunday, September 21st ended up being an incredibly cathartic experience. My friend Cassie and I headed to the Pyramid Scheme (best venue in the world, of the many venues I’ve attended) to cover the sold out La Dispute show, also featuring Glitterer (Washington, DC) and Tummyache (United Kingdom).
I just walk away from listening each time feeling like I’ve grown or changed in some vaguely satisfying way, like I’ve achieved a catharsis I didn’t even really know I needed.
Our very belated round up (my fault, not Andy’s) of our favorite releases in March.
Science Progresses One Funeral At A Time is a terrific piece of work, haunting, cathartic, beautiful, and devastating.
This makes the compilation highly listenable as a continuous experience (I do not always find this is the case with various artist compilations).
Skronky riffs ride the bass like a cowboy on a bull, except it’s the cowboy (guitars) that is wild.
For something so off kilter, the three tracks are incredibly fluid, with a subtle beauty.
Acoustic sounding parts are included in a few places to contrast the melancholic and dissonant riffing which divides the rest of the album into a frothing sea of emotion.
Abrasive in a cathartic way, Old Patterns picks and tears off mental scabs to allow for proper healing.
Niboowin are a fledgling project, but their roots in other projects show through in their immediate excellence on this their first release.