Destructo
Swarmbots - The Mountain EP 3" CD / Digital Download
A 3" CD packaged in a standard jewel-case, "The
Mountain EP" finds Destructo Swarmbots (Mike Mare and
James O'Brien) exploring a more delicate and subtle space
than previous releases. The two man guitar and bass team,
known for it's abrasive sonic attacks, take their layers of
manipulated dissonance and situate them in subtle ambient
landscapes. The tracks range from "36 beautiful songs"
which plays like an condensed and intensified version of Fripp
and Eno's "An Index of Metals." to the somber "saving
grace on an 8 hour connection" which finds the group
delving into more traditional melodic structures.
"Essential for lovers of the new noise." -Punk
Planet
"All I can tell you for certain is that this sounds
like the perfect soundtrack to a suicide, so I would avoid
this particular EP if yer the sad sack type, because it'll
drive you right over the edge with it's skittering guitar
string scrapes and ice man groans and dying penguin bleeps."
-Sleazegrinder
"These guys do things to their guitars that
most people wouldn't do to a farm animal to be quite
honest." -Quintessance Metal Zine
"Drones can easily become exercises in style
and gesture - the elegance of swirling motes of sound is sometimes
taken for primitive simplicity, but thankfully Destructo Swarmbots
seem well versed in how to pace and structure pieces no matter
how barely they move nor how ill-defined their edges."
-Cyclic Defrost (Australia)
"Even though guitar noise is not the freshest of
ideas, this doesn't stop Destructo Swarmbots from sounding
original - let alone good. In fact it's very uplifting to
hear this sort of dreamlike wall of sound for a change, instead
of the ever-present crunchy feedback common to too many noise
albums." -Radiumclub.net (Finland)
"The material is quite active and yet seamlessly
fluid even when it reaches the denser moments, of which there
are several. This is nicely done and has a personality that
is its own." -Wormgear
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1. 36 beautiful songs
2. saving grace on an 8 hour connection
3. holy innocents (MP3)
Mike Mare - Guitar
James O'Brien - Bass
Release date: October 26, 2004
Artwork: James O'Brien
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