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Another
lethal release from this extremely extreme and extremely
experimental Tel Aviv based label. This time around the nice
chaps of Heart & Crossbone are releasing a split record between
San Francisco’s envelope pushers Burmese and Israel’s very own
demented duo Cadaver Eyes. The only problem I see here is that
despite having gathered all the possible info I could find
regarding this split, I am still unable to tell which songs (if
we can call them that) belong to who. Or if there has actually
been any collaboration. But worry not, aesthetically speaking ,
these two bands are as fucked up as they could possibly be. All
of the fifteen cuts (that’s more like it) offered here disregard
song structure as we know it and break themselves down to their
lowest and most vile common denominators.
In other
words, let’s say you make a song. And by that I mean you arrange
music. Instruments move along, vocals go on top trying to make
sense of it all. But then you regress, you cut the stuff up. You
deconstruct the song, and slice and dice the instruments until
each one is isolated or presented only alongside one more
instrument. The vocals (Burmese now features three vocalists,
whose range goes from deranged to totally annoying) are equally
displayed under spotlights, usually with little accompaniment to
back them up. Or think of simply playing one instrument at a
time. A few seconds of guitar. A few seconds of noise. A scream
here. A yell there. Some power electronics to make matters even
more bizarre and what do you got? This split between Burmese and
Cadaver Eyes. And you know what? This release fucking rocks in
all its awkward ways. Disturbing as all hell. Obnoxious to the
extreme. Sure to scare the neighbors and shake a few graves.
Burmese MySpace
Cadaver Eyes MySpace
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