Saturday, February 27, 2010

A Channel of Static Gray

It's opportunities like this where I'm glad I stuck with this blogging nonsense. Today's split 12" features two fairly obscure bands that I already liked, it seems pretty rare, it was cheap and in great condition, and, most importantly, it kicks a fierce amount of ass! Prior to this split with Segue, I only knew Manitowoc, Wisconsin's Inflicted from their split with Ojorojo. That's a whopping three minutes of music, but they left their mark. I remember them sounding a lot like the nineties Bay Area HC I worship often, and these five tracks continue that, but for some reason this time they seem more New Mexican. Dark and slow meets fast and angry in a contest I find myself comparing to Neurosis, Logical Nonsense, Dead and Gone, and Eldopa. This is solid, world-class hardcore that deserves much more attention.

Segue is a bit more of a protean beast. Between the grooves is a nightmare journey of noise, Bremen-style grind/hardcore, and heavy Neurosis-esque mood-crust. I took a chance on these bug-obsessed Minnesotans a while back with their first 10" and loved it. This is more of the same despair-ridden ugliness, mingling with blades of gray melody that keep the tracks from collapsing on themselves. Certainly a sweet find for fans of Mörser, Dimlaia, and Christdriver. If/when I verify that they're out of print, I'll post the band's first two releases. Their second 10" is still available from Trujaca Fala.


The Inflicted/Segue split 12"

7 comments:

jimmyC said...

this album rules so hard! I have have it for forever, I cannot say that I have ever found anyone else with it. I was beginning to think I had the only copy. Glad to see you got taste!

Batguano said...

You're certainly right about the rarity. It took forever to find a copy once I caught wind of its existence.

You're right about my musical taste too!

Anonymous said...

thanx a lot for this.
I hope you'll post their other releases, two 10", and one 7" if I'm Never found it on internet, so you're my last hope.

Batguano said...

No problem! I'll post that stuff this weekend (maybe not the 2nd 10"... I think it's still available).

Agz ain't punk said...

Any chance of re-uploading this please? Thanks in advance.

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Batguano said...

Absolutely. Check the link now... I re-upped it on zippyshare. Thanks for the request.