Crying Out of Things, The

Monolothic, innovative genre defying, the Body folds together doom, electro, dark industrial, black metal, with nods to the roots of goth and all things bleak. Bombastic percussion, deep sick bass tones, tasteful noise with “vocals”: a howling screaming inimitable androgynous banshee wail (ironic cuz the singer/guitarist is a big bearded Portland man who would fit well dumping a 50 lb bag of mash into a brewery fermenter). This duo has been active for 20+ years and excel at collaborations (see track 8, w Dis Fig aka Felicia Chen). This release continues their quest for the deepest darkest sentiments that only music and art can conjure and marks recent heightened attention (music press, high profile European festivals). RIYL Swans, Khanate, all things Plotkin. Heavy, difficult, beautiful/ugly.

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1) **(4:43) tribal urgent tom toms with creepy voice sample gives way to 1/2 time quintessential Body onslaught with vocals. Cold noise Shard ending. This track kinda sums them up 2) (3:23) mid slow simple electro beat, vocals spookier in reverb ether 3)** (3:52) slower plodding dark minor melodic theme, your imaginary friend’s idea of zazen mindful peace 4) (4:45) heavy electro crashing wailing vocs in front, near Laibach orchestral tones 5)* (4:10) pummeling mechanical feel, relentless vocs, slow breakdown that ends cold but really blends perfectly into next track (play together?) 6)* (2:37) slow plod that incorporates dark spoken word text 7) (4:14) slow march plod 8)* (3:16) heavy plod heavily compressed bass/kick drum, creepy female vocs (Dis Fig) heavily echo treated, wailing appears then an industrial feel 9) (5:35) less noisy plodding with distant religious type chants, still heavy AF.