south carolina's steven woodlief sent me the latest seven inch from his daisy cutter records.

...hate this city 7"
[2007, daisy cutter]

altar of flies is mattias gustafsson from mjölby, sweden.
there's no playing speed listed for this seven; when in doubt play it fast! this sounds right. it did sound cool at 33 rpm, though. ...hate this city is a pretty fucking sick piece of wax and features really nice cover art by mattias frisk. soundwise, this is experimental noise in a darker, tormented vein. the a-side's title track starts off with terrific bursts of random noise paired with noise emanating from mattias' affected vocals. it will start to settle a bit into squealing electronics and a grinding noise which kicks open the door for a denser layer of distortion. i really love that fucking grinding sound. eventually, the sound will gel even more as it rides atop a great pulsating tone, pervasive electronic buzz and plenty of teetering distortion.

stuck will begin by being calmer than its predecessor, but features good (repetitious) background layers which will initially draw me in. the noise-work starts out by just being a little screechy, but nothing too forceful as the static-filled foundation hushes it just enough. soon, that base will drop off, and we're left with looping zaps and a sputtering background layer, plus a few noisy electronic screams. once more layers fall off, gustafsson will lay into those screams a lot harder, plus add a whole slew of other crackling, whirling and screeching noises to it. then it's over and bad times* were had by all who listened.

*not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good.

Stuck

Hello and thanks for the great review! The only thing that is wrong os that the 7" should play at 33rpm! But it sounded great att 45rpm also :-)

Hello and thanks for the great review! The only thing is that ýou should play it at 33 rpm but it sounded good at 45rpm too :-)

ha. yeah, it was real hard to tell which speed was proper. thanks Mattias!