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Sonic Horridness

Paul — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:31:14 +0000

A year or so after I made The Devyllfysh I was working on a bunch of stuff with my friend Murray called Project KKK. I don’t really remember what Project KKK was supposed to be, but it involved me recording, cutting up and pasting weird semi-musical collages for some purpose or other. At some point [...]

The Devyllfysh

Paul — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:05:53 +0000

The Devyllfysh by Snowman Made of Mud Way back in my high school years, circa late 2001, I got into prog rock. I became rather enamoured by the likes of Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Rick Wright and the much underrated David Sinclair, and the way keyboards could be used as a lead instrument in music. [...]

Sunn O))) Endurance Run: Part 4 – Everything Emptying Into White

Paul — Wed, 29 May 2013 21:08:50 +0000

Jeez, it’s been a month since I did one of these. Kind of a busy month mind you. Here we are though. White2 (2004) Right off the bat (out of) Hell-O)))-Ween is a sludgy jam straight out of the band’s basic mold, but it has that murky weirdness to it that White1 introduced. This track is [...]

Nothing

Paul — Mon, 06 May 2013 02:17:35 +0000

So, I value objectivity. I think it’s important. But I’m human. It’s hard to be objective and human. So I try to make it obvious when I’m being subjective. It’s not really enough to say “everything is subjective” because that’s like saying society is futile, right? If there’s no objective truth that we can agree [...]

Bandcamp & Musicking in General

Paul — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:18:58 +0000

So, a while back, I decided it would be a good idea to segregate my Bandcamp pages into my various musical monikers. The reason for this is so specific and pedantic that I’m not going to go into it. In any case, this move was kind of silly, because now I have five profiles, and [...]

Sunn O))) Endurance Run: Part 3 – The Bad Heavy Metal of the Heathen Bells

Paul — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 04:17:43 +0000

White1 (2003) This is the album I was waiting for when starting this endurance run. I have a particular fondness for it, and I feel like there’s a lot to say about it because of the new ideas it introduces. The album follows on in some fashion from their Merzbow collaborations O))) Bow 1 & 2, [...]

Sunn O))) Endurance Run: Part 2 – Of Form and Void

Paul — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:00:36 +0000

ØØ Void (2000) This was technically the debut album by Sunn O))), but really it’s the second. Though The Grimmrobe Demos have their primordial charms, ØØ Void is probably the better record, one where the formula solidifies as something more than Earth worship, and where a lot of Sunn O)))‘s own ideas for the future begin to [...]

Sunn O))) Endurance Run: Part 1 – Defeating Earth’s Gravity

Paul — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:00:33 +0000

The Grimmrobe Demos (1999) First time full-listen I’m kicking this endurance run off with their debut release, The Grimmrobe Demos. Start at the beginning they say. And so, I am. There are a lot of bands who take a few albums to really get into what it is that they do. Not so with Sunn [...]

Sunn O))) Endurance Run: Preamble

Paul — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:15:48 +0000

Announcement of an ongoing series, in which I listen to the catalogue of Sunn O))).

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Season One

Paul — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 03:49:42 +0000

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a really good TV show. Earlier this year, I thought about it and realised how much I liked it, and since it’s on Netflix, I decided I might as well rewatch it. Because I’ve got no money or friends, and it’s a cheap way to spend an evening. I figured [...]