Well! The summers winding down, once again it's creeping into fall, and with that, in the nick of time we get another release by Trauma Harness, who last year around this time threw out their first tape. This time around we're diving into the darker ends of the tide, the feelgood washed-out fuzz replaced with a tide of black sludge. The tape starts off with "Red Heat", which opens with the slug-like squirming noises and distorted vocals that sound like they come from a family man, before jumping into a uptempo drown-out. The start-go pacing of "Pearl Moon" and the gothy garage of "Diesel" both interlace a distorted wall of scratching behind the music, and "Chew Z" romps through pummeling drums in under a minutes time. "Binding Light" ends the first side, followed by the hollow-wail of "Hypnik Jerk", who's guitar creaks up and down like a old house swaying in the wind. "Back to the Basics" offers up a near 4 minute goth death march before jumping into the surprisingly uptempo "Big Pyrimid" and "Frances Bay". The tape ends with the vocal-less and drum machine driven "Blue Flames", which is covered in audio samples of Frances Bay herself, before ending into a mist of noise and samples.
Anywhoo, you can listen to it/download it right here, as well as order it sooner than later, priced at $4. Included along with the pitch black art and cassette is a fold out poster and lyric sheet. Suck it all in and waver around the streets at night till fall is completely gone!
