DARK CASTLE
Spirited Migration
(At a Loss)
MASSEMORD / THE FRONT / VALDUR
3-Way Split
(BlackMetal.com)
FUNEBRARUM
The
Sleep of Morbid Dreams
(Cyclone Empire)
EASPA MEASA / SILENCE
Split
(Acclaim / Sadness of Noise)
BURMESE
Monkeys Tear
Man to Shreds, Man Never Forgives Ape, Man Destroys Environment
(Enterruption)
CONSTANTS
The
Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension
(The Mylene Sheath)
AMBASSADOR GUN
When in Hell
(Pangea)
DUSTED ANGEL
7"
(Corrupt Rcordings)
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From
the getgo this band got my attention because as the title
attests there are thirteen samples here, many of which come from
this sparrow’s favorite movie American Movie. So yeah, there
are some great slices of pure Americana here, such as guitar
hero Mike Shank’s ‘one day I was partying in my basement and
I used to get like pissed off and stuff because I would wanna
party really heavy and no one else would and then all of a
sudden Mark came over and ah…either I had a bottle of vodka or
he had a bottle of vodka but anyway we were drinking vodka. I
was so happy that I’d found someone who would drink vodka with
me, you know. And then Mark would drink vodka with me all the
time. I’d go over all the time and we’d buy a fifth of vodka and
we’d share it you know. That really made me happy.’ Fuck,
all that talk about vodka really got me jonesing, you know?
But
besides the audio samples the other thing that got me quite
intrigued is this Ohio band’s choice for an album cover;
basically a kid’s drawing with a happy tree, a happy rabbit, a
UFO spaceship, a turtle and a bat. A head scratcher for sure,
but it all kind of makes sense once you get into the disparate
music contained here.
That said, I
just learned that Sloth has been actually at it for quite a
while and have on their backs split releases with sludge doom
cult acts like Floor, Noothgrush, Grief and others which may or
may not tell us that these thirteen songs are a departure. And
what an odd fucking departure this must be. Taking out the
samples and heading into the music; “The Wooleybear Looked at
You?”, like all the songs here, is a lo fi sounding track.
Unlike the rest, has some piano, a quasi alt rock riff (but lo
fi), a slow breakdown, and both clean and necro vocals.
“Stack
‘em Up” is mellow and titillating, revealing spoken lyrics about
one man’s introduction to pornography, “A Night at the Park” is
quiet stuff, with simple guitar arrangements and almost hushed
vocals and “I Farted” which has some of the most natural
sounding drums this side of the garage and which weirdly matches
the music to a peacefully delivered line enunciating ‘I
Faaaarteeedddd’. “Derek’s Song” is folk for the deranged and
eventually melts in our ears. By design, A Whole Other World
of Fun is uneven; by experience I can say that is
entertaining, and by assumption I am pretty sure many won’t even
consider this an album worth checking out. Fuck them.
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