BIZARRE UPROAR – Sikioasento 2xLP

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Bloody hell this is intense stuff. BU have always been at the forefront of harsh noise in terms of sound, and it’s often been a new direction from them acts as a bit of a lightning rod to the rest of the scene. This record feels like it might be another one of those moments, and if it is, crhist almighty some unpleasant sounds are coming our way. It’s utterly punishing from start to finish. One of my greatest triumphs when I die may be that I can say I listened all the way through to this record whilst making up a third year trigonometry homework exercise. In hindsight, I might have preferred to be water-boarded. The core of the sound here is some ultra-heavy bass, augmented with ultra-distorted vocals, screeching feedback and clattering metal junk. It’s the idea that every sound in the composition is as harsh as the next; there’s plenty of texture going on, but absolutely zero room to breathe. It’s total torture music, but that’s the point, and I find it really pretty compelling. In fact I think I might fire it on again, my class need some Pythagoras practice…