Spreading a single spiral over thirty six minutes is not something one should attempt if one has no ideas and no talent. No such problems from Monolith. A single tone is fluctuated heavily through slow phasing and allowed to pass through a variety of effected stages, ranging from gritty distortion to smooth, pure feedback to foggy sludge to booming, up-front speaker blow to, finally, what sounds like chains being dragged across a metal floor. Rather than a boring going-through-the-motions of different effects its a much more exciting manipulation of carefully chosen sounds that follow from one to the other with adequate pacing and compliment each other nicely. Its a diverse, delightful spiral that matches well the sound Monolith have on their self-titled album while not going through the same motions. Im still not sure how these sounds are generated which is really another advantage as theres nothing obvious to peg onto - the sound is all. Its spacious, ambitious without over-reaching, well structured and pleasurable to listen to. Andrew McIntosh (Special Interests) iceageproductions.bandcamp/album/spectres
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:51:09 +0000
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