Baltimore’s experimental noise group Wzt Hearts now have two challenging, expansive and encapsulating records to their name. Bloody Baltimore, new bands are erupting from that city everyday that would put so many cities to shame. Over the course of two albums Wzt Hearts have travelled far in their journey through their apocalyptic soundscapes. Both albums follow a deeply experimental and coarse path that arrests the ears. The method of creation is quite similar between the two but the presentation of their ideas is quite different.
In the creation of the two albums the band recorded hours of improvisational material. By setting no time limit to the construction of their music a looseness is ever present. If one saw these tracks being laid they may have come across as aimless, button fiddling, self absorption but thankfully the listener is entitles only to a handful of glimpses of something to large for us to probably comprehend.
Heat Chief is essentially constructed as a double sided LP. There are four tracks with 1 and 3 being large and slowly progressional and 2 and 4 being smaller and more intense. 2 and 4 are like antidotes, a quick ambient fix after an intense ride through an abrasive, volatile world. The larger two are dark trance demons that rely on high frequency glitches and body quaking bass.
Thread Rope Spell Making Your Bones sees the editing process taken even further and with greater success. These seven tracks seem almost premeditated in their sound. Instead of dense walls of twittering and deep groaning bass these tracks can be isolated and listeners can relate with analogies and comparisons between the music and themselves much more easily. Jeep Uzi is reminiscent of a boat harbour at night, the hulls of boats calmly nudging each other while they croon with chimes and bells through the morning sea mist. Spells on the other hand shocks one right to the bone as they spelunk through dark echoing caves that are possessed by a seething, overwhelming force.
It is this contrast between tracks that gives TRSMYB its longevity. What it lacks is continuity between these very isolated worlds. Heat Chief, in that respect, is a perfect companion to the second release because it relies on its continuity to create a singular brooding voyage. Listening to these two albums in succession really highlights the bands deep desire for experimentation. They are still a band without a ‘sound’ but they are going about it the right way, trying every possibility and every instrument. They may not have a sound but they sure do make beautiful noise.
Heat Chief: http://rapidshare.com/files/63928897/wzt.rar Password: trunk
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Is there a password for the wzt.rar file?
Just updated the post. The password is up now
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