KITES - HALLUCINATION GUILLOTINES / FINAL WORSHIP (LOAD 113)

TWO ALBUMS ON LOAD THUS FAR FOR CHRISTOPHER "KITES" FORGUES HAS BROUGHT TWO RATED RANCID RELEASES. I DO NOT LIVE TO SLAM SHIT SO I HOPE THAT HALLUCINATION ETC. CAN BRING THE HEAT. ONCE AGAIN IT HAS A NICELY DESIGNED ALBUM COVER.

KITES LP3 IS A MORE FOCUSED EFFORT IN THE REALM OF PUNISHING NOISE MUSIC. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TRACKS WHERE THE INTENSITY ISN'T PUSHED TO "IMMINENT DISASTER" AS A BREATHER, BUT THE STYLE DOESN'T RANDOMLY SHIFT TO FIELD MUSIC AND INDIE JANGLE BEFORE RESUMING PRURIENT-ADJACENT RING MODULATION WRANGLING AND SCREAMING BLUE MURDER.

THIS IS THE BEST OF THE THREE RECORDS AND DEFINITELY NOT RATED: RANCID BUT ALSO I DON'T THINK THAT KITES AND I WERE MEANT TO GET ALONG. THE TONES HERE ARE GENERALLY MORE SATISFYING WITH A LOT OF BASS END TO FILL OUT THE DRONE SENSATION. BUT ULTIMATELY I REMAIN UNMOVED.