Current 93 - Crush, Kill, Destroy?

Chiming in on the praises for The Light Is Leaving...

Masterpiece a la Of Ruine? Not sure I'm quite ready to take the name of the Holy Tibet-Stapleton-Cashmore Trinity in vain. But it is durn spanking master-ly. Closest comparison, soundwise, has got to be Baalstorm Sing Omega. Except a lot tighter. Pastoral drone meets plinkety folk plucking, subdued storm alert percolating beneath the surface. For the first time Liles seems to have got the Stapletonisms a little more on point. eg the Ligotti cameos at the alpha and omega of the album imbued with quietly glowing shades of darkened light. On Baalstorm, the children's voices take away from the whole, whereas in almost all other (Stapleton-addled) Current the voices suggest wonderfully subtle shades of unsettling "innocence". (The last such, and much missed, shade was the opening of Aleph... "Almost in the beginning was the murderer".)

My biggest criticism of The Light Is Leaving... Tibet's vocals on The Postman Is Singing. Nothing wrong with them, but the loud 'n honking sound would I think have been better enlivened by a full-on Tibet-in-unhinged-glory string of ranting-cum-panting. But perhaps that would have undercut the lyrics in play, so less criticism more a statement of personal preference.

Of recent un-Current Current,

I really like Zu93, which I feel is even more Current-like than a lot of the more recent Current. Darkly gorgeous cello swells feeding Tibet's starkly mirrored musings. Hypnopazuzu is like a return to the most dramatic sweeps of Island, tipping hats also at the Tibet mix of DIJ's "Rule Again". And Myrninerest, simply brilliant. The Blackshaw-backed full-length dedicated to Jhonn is a delicate Balance of sweet acoustic lilt and unutterably raw heart-rending psycho Babel. And the soundtrack to the Jarman film, with Cashmore on piano(!) (Journey To Avebury) is a haze and sweetly affecting ambiance par excellence.

All to say that even when Tibet is not Current it seems there is always something over which the one-time obsessive may obsess anew.

But yeah, the new one is seriously rocking the bum bum.

great post!

I'm thoroughly enjoying The Stars On Their Horsies. Three worthwhile Current 93 albums in one year, what a time to be alive.

Meanwhile, there's also a new Death In June record (first in 5 years apparently), and so far it's complete crap. Incredible how their careers have diverged, really.

unsettling new ambient piece : https://www.davidtibet.com/products/invocations-of-almost-cd

A pox upon all habitues of this thread for not bumping it when C93 announced two Brooklyn shows! I told you I was hopeless at knowing about things! Shows are April 2020 and were announced at the end of July. Both sold out but they have added a third night which just went on sale and someone DID clue me in about that one and I managed to get tickets. If I missed this opportunity I would have fucking died. Instead I am OverMoon at prospect of finally seeing C93.

Warsaw Brooklyn 4/25 is the show that just went up

nice! I has no idea abt those shows, sorry

has had

Nice! The anxiety of missing C93 is palpable, trust me. Glad you get to go!

sleeve: treat yourself! wkiw

lol so not gonna happen but <3

(also, I think it's sold out now!)

New album in March 2022 : https://www.davidtibet.com/blogs/news/c93-if-a-city-is-set-upon-a-hill

Wasn't there supposed to be a Thomas Ligotti collabo album as well sometime this year? Pushed back?

His release statements are almost as good as the albums

Yayyyy something to look forward to

I finally read England’s Hidden Reverse a few months ago so I am extra psyched

Praying that the Brooklyn show (postponed to Halloween 2022) is able to happen

Xp yeah he keeps getting better and funnier on the PR/comm front. Reads like an apocalyptic Hipster Runoff at this point. Psyched.

through my endless readings within the Akkadian Omen series šumma ālu ina mēlê šakin (“If A City Is Set Upon A Height”), my endless obsession with the story of Cain Killing Abel (Genesis IV: 8), and my endless rewatching of the same ten supernatural films.

I feel like we could probably guess half of these but come on david michael give us yr list

otm

lol yes

I'd buy some of the photographs or paintings if they weren't so expensive :(

oh and the book downloads are free (including a 561 page lyrics book) : https://www.davidtibet.com/collections/books

and? anyone get the album yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4RzoH32Lso

Not bad. Has David T. taken singing classes?

the CD is on its way because I thought it wasn't going to be on bandcamp - it's not on current931.bandcamp.com ,
but now I find it at current93hom.bandcamp.com - anyway, a physical copy doesn't hurt :-)