heavy winged “feel inside” compact disc

• the frozen darkness (15:38)
  
• the tangled white (16:19)
  
• the wave crest (12:10)

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heavy winged “feel inside” archive38 brand new three trax release from portland / brooklyn based unit which comes on the heels of the bands recently re-issue disc, and highly excellent three lobed release “blacc lust”, comes three long playing journeys into psych noise dronedom. i’m not a huge fan of the press release description game where the label goes on to babble and make absurd quotes like “sounds like every band that has sold a shit load of records this past month if you combine sunno))) with your mamma then you know exactly how great this record is”. i’d just like to humbly state to me it comes off like the bardo pond brothers recording in the lo-fi high fuzz induced kitchen of the goslings. all label claims aside listen to the clip!! package comes packed in a double cover center opening sleeves with the outer shell being a vellum overlay wonderfully executed graphically by chase middaugh. single pressing of 600 copies

gärden söund “black summit” long playing record

• forbidden paradise
  
• beast of burden
  
  
• hidden origin
  
• obsidian sky

heavy winged “sunspotted” long playing record

• breathe life (19:33)
  
  
• vapor trails (24:41)

heavy winged “sunspotted” compact disc

• breathe life (19:33)
  
• vapor trails (24:41)

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“sunspotted” by heavy winged the latest solar blast of shimmering guitar noise from this us three-piece. heavy winged are a sprawling north american trio made up of drummer jed bindeman, bassist brady sansone and guitarist ryan hebert. over the last few years the band have released a cacophonous splatter of cassettes, vinyl and cdrs for not not fun, digitalis, aurora borealis and a handful of other esteemed imprints. most of these have been mercilessly grimy signifiers of their buzzing free-rock style, and were recorded poorly to almost accentuate the harsh guitar tones and double-time blast beats. this latest jagged offering however is a rare beast in the heavy winged canon, offering a higher fidelity peek into their muddled world. this time around the band escaped to a ‘real’ studio to record two slices of extended sludge rock, which come across as wider than ever thanks to some fresh recording techniques. something like an unholy union between the sheet-noise of yellow swans and the blissful sub-harmonic transcendence of early mogwai or sonic youth, ‘sunspotted’ is an album that takes tried and tested sounds and bends them beyond recognition. sure plenty of bands have made distorted, blurred, guitar noise before, but rarely with the conviction and wit of heavy winged. with their early explorations into doom and metal we find the band on a high, framing their high-octane jitter into something that could almost be mistaken for beautiful. just as the aforementioned yellow swans took their sound from the outer reaches of noise to something, dare i say it, pretty, heavy winged have focused their three individual powers to come up with an album that revels in its depth and shimmering beauty. it might take a few listens to reveal its layers but ‘sunspotted’ is a challenging and rewarding listening experience. standing at the top of the band’s already estimable catalogue of albums and eps, this album finds them at a key moment, a moment where they have found a balance between fidelity and grit, harmony and discord. step in, turn it up and let yourself descend.

xela “in bocca al lupo” compact disc

• ut nos vivicaret (12:45)
  
• in deo salutari meo (13:52)
  
• in misericordia (14:34)
  
• beatae immortalitatis (20:37)