PRURIENT - BLACK VASE (LOAD 072)

YOU GOT TO HAND IT TO DOMINICK FERNOW AKA PRURIENT AKA VATICAN SHADOW AKA A BUNCH OF OTHER NAMES. PARTLY THERE'S THE ELEMENT OF HUSTLE: BLACK VASE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE SOUND OF A SPECTRUM ZX LOADING SCREEN JAMMING WITH A DENTAL DRILL, GOT 7.0 ON PITCHFORK. HOW THIS GUY CONNED THAT BUNCH OF NERDS IS SOMETHING TO ADMIRE.

IN FACT IT IS WILD HOW MUCH VARIANCE THERE IS IN THE QUALITY OF FERNOW'S WORK. HIS BEST IS LIFE-AFFIRMING, TRANSCENDENTAL: THE BEST OF MUSIC. HIS WORST IS THE SORT OF STUFF YOU CROSS THE ROAD TO AVOID. IF HE HAS ANY RECORDS THAT MAKE YOU SAY "THAT WAS OK" THEN I GUESS HE'S STARTED DOING IT WRONG BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL POLARISING IF NOT FOR THE DISSONANCE AND VOLUME THEN FOR THE PROVOCATION AND THE POLITICS.

THE TITLE CUT HERE PERHAPS SAVES THIS ONE FROM BEING RATED RANCID. IT BROODS AS A PRIMARY MODE, A COMFORT THAT REFOCUSES THE HORRENDOUS SQUALLING OF BENT METAL AND HIGH PITCH TONES THAT TRY TO PUSH YOU AWAY. ON THE WHOLE THOUGH I WOULD HAVE TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO NOT GET THIS ALBUM.