Sharks With Wings / Paper Legs
split 7"
Heat Retention Records
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Genre: experimental, noise
Heat Retention
176 Meserole #1F
Brooklyn NY 11222
May 2006 |
From New York experimental label Heat Retention comes this interesting
avant-garde excursion, courtesy of a couple of the scene's more
obscure sound mongerers. Paper Legs is the duo of Brian
Osborne and Trevor Healy, and their piece is a weird free
noise / improv track, heavily ambient but still with a lot going on in
it. Mic feedback becomes an important part of the sonic collage about
midway through, where the spacey rattles are surrounded by the
familiar chime of a mic too close to a speaker. Fortunately the sounds
are kept from becoming too noisy, instead providing an eerie, almost
underwater ambience. Sharks With Wings, a trio of Michael
Barker, Thomas Clark, and Marc Zajak, occupy the
album's other side; they are much harsher by comparison, basing their
piece on dense, abrasive noise not far off from Merzbow and
MSBR territory. Also worthy of note is the neat, silkscreened
cover. A fine package all around for experimental listeners.
80%
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 2 tracks, distributed by
the label, released 2005] |
