EARTH 2

holy shit v1c travis and i were talking about this as tr@vis expressed an interest in boris

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Boris_natasha_fearless.jpg

Jethro the Bus Driver: What up, Biotch?

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probably not topical: great record

worth having on vinyl

special limited edition ultra-low frequency planet

Alan Licht just wrote abt this rec on VT:

Earth EARTH 2 (Sub Pop, 1993) In a world with Maryanne Amacher and EARTH 2 there is simply no reason for any sober human to listen to Sunn 0))), but if you’re drunk and you like druids and/or dry ice I suppose they’re serviceable…anyway, this is the record that initially inspired them. Unlike a lot of more recent noise underground stuff, which (to me) is relatively factorable, this is technically boggling drone music–the sustain is achieved not just with distortion but through overdubbing, and there’s clean guitars in there too–even on headphones it’s hard to tell what the fuck they’re really doing. On this album, Earth set up a drone and place a few choice metal riffs against it over the course of forty minutes, at which point they just let the drone chord ring for another half hour. I remember standing in a record store looking at this CD’s awful front cover and goofy fake consumer endorsements on the back, then thinking back to Byron Coley’s glowing review in Forced Exposure and asking myself “Is this really the right record?” It was. Hard to remember how completely unfashionable this was in the heyday of grunge, even with the SubPop connection (my copy was bought used, not long after it came out, for $7 and I don’t think I ever saw a new copy at the time), but it sounded great then and holds up quite well now.

i love the cover, tho

the creatures made out of dirt freaked me out

Ward what is "VT"? always nice to read the Lichtster

I am a vinyl junkie but this is one of those records where it doesn't make sense to me. The idea of changing the side three times doesn't really appeal to me. as opposed to dropping the CD in and letting it rip for an hour...

the cover is KEY on vinyl

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daddy of them all fools

I can definitely buy the cover argument

stormy, here's the link:

minimalist top ten 3

oh, cool! I didn't realize he'd even done a second "top 10", let alone that third one. more rekkerds to hunt down. Thanks, Ward!

why would you want to hear this record with vinyl cracklez?

Digital perfection equals monster blissout and no flipping sides.

late to it but last year's Primitive and Deadly is fucking fantastic.