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Holy
shit, I’ve never seen a piece of vinyl quite like this.
The whole recording is contained in one side, just so
that the second side can be devoted to true art. The
black acetate of my copy seems to have been scratched by
hand in such an artistic way that it features the
profile of a salacious brunette out of a black and white
movie. That’s a crappy description of the etched image.
Check the band’s MySpace for the real thing.
I am
thinking that such presentation lifts my expectations rather
highly. I come into Anchors of the Armless Gods with some
artistic presumption. The cover artwork of the sleeve is a
different matter. Well-done, by all means, but nothing as
tastefully arty. Needless to say, it is much more appropriate
with what we get inside.
Buckshot
Facelift is a grindcore band with a deep fascination with
weirdness. Is all grindcore weird? Maybe. And if so, then we
should just call Buckshot Facelift quirky. Take the awesome
packaging as a card of presentation, then spin this vinyl and be
organically hammered by ridiculous speed.
With the purchase of
the vinyl comes a free download of the record. In the adjunct
paper that contains the code there is a drawing with a capsule
reading, “Can I vomit in your ears?” For about thirty
percent of Anchors of the Armless Gods that sounds about
the perfect sentence to describe the Buckshot Facelift sound.
For the rest, it sounds like they just don’t value themselves
enough.
So yeah,
besides the obligatory speed, the absurd jack hammering of the
drum skins and the totally heard it before blast beats, we get
some actual organization and structure. Albeit, it’s all nicely
covered by puke. There are a few vocals at play, from high
pitch hysterical to comically guttural and simply enraged. The
riffage also has a few personalities. What accompagnies the
speed is your typical blurred out grind riffage. What will make
you tick though are the melodies, humorous or not, if you listen
carefully there are bitten slices of crossover, angular
mushiness and noise infested anti melodies.
MySpace
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