AMOR - 'PARADISE / IN LOVE AN ARC'

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• LSSN052 - 12"

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Paradise / In Love An Arc is the debut recording by AMOR, a new quartet based largely in Glasgow, consisting of Richard Youngs, Luke Fowler, Michael Francis Duch and Paul Thomson. AMOR is a master-class in blissful, searching, avant-disco fuelled by telepathic ensemble playing and an untouchable, higher joy. Recorded at Chem 19 at Green Door in Glasgow, it was mixed with Golden Teacher/The Modern Institute-member Richard McMaster. Both tracks edge the 14 minute mark, slices of ecstasy seemingly hewn from a band deep in the Zone. Mastered by Matt Colton at Alchemy Studios, the balance between hefty, bass-thick kicks and crisp percussion, an elastic double bass that lends a bounce to proceedings and floating piano chords recalls a warped take on Philadelphia International Records, a version of This Heat decimating the disco charts of late 70s USA. Paradise begins with a proto-house kick drum and Paul Thomson’s inescapably funky percussion, inviting Duch’s bass into the mix. Fowler’s subtle electronic touches set up some of the most open-hearted, love-infected vocals Richard Youngs has ever set to tape. Guided through various drops and ecstatic highs by ceaselessly inventive rhythm composition, the listener is elevated to several plains, to different levels and spirits. In Love An Arc arguably goes deeper. Jane Sayer’s guest violin scrapes us in, with formless shapes polluting the stereo field until a plaintive piano chord pattern brings us into the groove. Sounding like a lost spirit looking through the glass darkly, Youngs’ vocal is melancholic and truthful. Fowler’s synth playing evolves upward, duetting with the stringed instruments’ deep excursions into the night. While these are only the first recordings by AMOR, the members have separate exceptional histories in modern music. Richard Youngs has a 140+ long discography covering any number of musics often invented by Youngs himself, while Luke Fowler is an award winning film-maker and visual artist, as well as an electronic musician in his own right. Paul Thomson is a drummer and percussionist with Franz Ferdinand and The Yummy Fur and Michael Francis Duch is a double bassist based in Norway with deep roots in the world of improvisation and minimalist composition. Most importantly, however, is that this is the sound of a band, as one. While unmistakably Dance music, these are analog recordings, sounds in a room, in space. The musicians are messengers, the message is love.

Tracks

SIDE A: Paradise (13:53)
SIDE B: In Love An Arc (13:24)

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House sleeve artwork by Robert Beatty (Thee Oh Sees, Oneohtrix Point Never, Tame Impala)

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WARP TRANSMISSION - 'TAMAM SHUD'

Formats

• CC04 - LP

  5060446121405

• CC04CD - CD

  5060446121412

Details

Straight out of Tampere Rock City - these Finnish fiends are the bastard children of Blue Cheer and Monster Magnet (McBain era natch!) - but do not panic, this is no retro show, they are not throwbacks or wimpy psych wannabe shoegazers - this record ROCKS and it ROCKS HARD! Originally released on cassette, Creepy Crawl was totally blown away by it and we knew this had to come out on LP/CD - Tamam Shud is part live rehearsal recordings and the rest created at their own Kemian Laboratorio - 8 face melting freakouts with layers of effect laden guitars, spaced out organ and synth and thunderous bass and drums. Remastered for CD/LP reissue and cut loud…. This is unrelenting psyche-rock at its finest… 500 LP / 500 CD… setting up for a full length later in 2017 Warp Transmission is a freak accident, the weirdo process ultra, a travel void of reason. It's spaced out, stoner,psychedelic, wastoid, heavy 'n' heady ROCK. It's about riding blind the primal urge, living the archetype, and always rocking out with an excess of noise, burning some bridges and crossing a couple abysses along the way. FOR FANS OF: Monoshock / Monster Magnet / The Heads / Brainbombs / Blue Cheer

Tracks

Black Dots;
Hash Time I;
Cast into the Process;
Hash Time II;
Confusion;
Great Oceans in the Sky;
Hash Time III;
Archetype: Brainfry

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FERAL OHMS - 'S/T'

Formats

• SC31 - LP

  655035023113

• SC31CD - CD

  655035023120

Details

Feral Ohms is a power trio from Oakland, California, led by Comets On Fire / Howlin Rain / Heron Oblivion guitar and voice fireball Ethan Miller along with animal drummer Chris Johnson (Drunk Horse / Andy Human) and the loudest bassist in fifteen counties, Josh Haynes (Nudity). The band turns the spatial pyrotechnics and expansive spirit of classic psychedelia inside out, dragging it through the punk rock era kicking and screaming and boils it down into a series of explosions that start at needle drop and end when the record does. They blast pure action and outlaw rock’n’roll joy through relentless, violent musical force, blowing the doors off psychedelic rock and letting loose the raw, wild, high speed feedback wail of something massive careening off the rails and into your ears. This is FO’s debut studio album. Recorded by Eric “King Riff” Bauer (Ty Segall, White Fence, Heron Oblivion), Phil Manley (Earthless, Wooden Shjips) and mixed with scorched Earth policy by Chris Woodhouse (Thee Oh Sees, Fuzz).

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Debut studio album by band lead by Ethan
Miller (Comets On Fire / Howlin Rain /
Heron Oblivion) For fans of The Pink Fairies, ?80s and ?90s
Nanjo led PSF records, Motorhead, Void,
?70s & ?80s Australian punk & red album
Grand Funk

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