ACTUALLY FROM SOME THINGS I HAVE READ THE WORLD DID NOT INSTANTLY ADORE LIGHTNING BOLT ON SIGHT. THEIR INITIAL FORAYS ACROSS THE FLOORS OF VENUES ACROSS AMERICA WERE TREATED WITH AMBIGUITY. THIS WAS NOT INDIE ROCK IN THE WELL-COMPOSED BUILT TO SPILL SENSE. THERE WERE ONLY TWO GUYS AND THE DRUMMER WAS SINGING INCOMPREHENSIBLY. IT WAS ART METAL. IT WAS A COMPUTER GAME CRASHING. THE DRUMMING WAS NEARER TO BUTOH AND AFRICAN TRADITIONS THAN IT WAS TO ANY 4/4 ROCK ACTION. SURE IN THE LONG VIEW IT WAS NOT "NEW" BUT IT WAS A JOLT TO THE ABDOMEN WITH A POLICE ISSUE PROD.
THIS IS DEFINITELY MORE ADVANCED THAN THE STUFF WE HEARD ON THE 7" AND THE TRACK OFF THE YOU'RE SOAKING IT COMP. RECORDING FIDELITY IS SUB-OPTIMAL FOR AUDIOPHILES BUT IT DOES CAPTURE A CLOSENESS THAT A MORE TRADITIONAL SET-UP MIGHT LOSE.
IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY COOL RECORD. I LIKE STUFF LIKE MURK HIKE WHERE CHIPPENDALE (DRUMS) LAYS BACK IN THE CUT FOR A BIT. GIVES THE RECORD A SENSE OF SPACE. GIBSON PLAYS BASS IN THIS REALLY INNOCENT WAY, I FIND. LIKE A KID LEARNING RANDOM SCALES BUT THROUGH A GIGANTIC AMPLIFIER. THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN THAT BUT I WANT TO SAVE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
THE REISSUE CONTAINS THE ZONE CASSETTE RECORDINGS WHICH IS LIKE 48 MINUTES OF IMPROV LIGHTNING BOLT. IT IS INESSENTIAL BY THE PARAMETERS OF A GUY TRYING TO HEAR 140 RECORDS BUT IF YOU LIKE LIGHTNING BOLT'S FORMATIVE YEARS THEN GET ON IT. THESE GUYS HAVE AN UNDENIABLE CHEMISTRY AND AN APPROACH THAT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT IT WAS BUILT TO LAST.
FLEEING THE VALLEY OF WHIRLING KNIVES IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
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