Blacklab - In A Bizarre Dream - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The dark witch doom duo from Osaka return with their new long player. The first album was a remixed collection of the band's early tracks, a melting pot of influences as they set out to inhabit their own space. Now with 'ABYSS' the band are very much defining what that space is. Once again, the album was produced by Jun Morino in Osaka and is an uncompromising beast of a record. Recorded under a full moon over 3 intense days, the album has the 'off the leash' abandon of 'Fun House' era 'Stooges' and is marked by a fat dose of doom meets slowed down hardcore punk; filled with loud, ultra distorted guitar, and yet, a surprising amount of melody as well. In fact, Yuko has said that the band's name is a combination of Black Sabbath and Stereolab, well here on 'Abyss' is where that strange mix begins toSide A 1. Insanity 2. Fade and Melt 3. Weed Dream 4. Amusement Park Of Terror Side B 1. Forked Road 2. Chained 3. Sleepless Night 4. Sun

First vinyl pressing is limited to 300 copies, 2 colour black/orange vinyl. Includes free CD of the album + DL and is for Indies. Main CD package is a 4 panel digipack with lyric booklet. Fuzz, fuzz, fuzz, doom, stoner, more fuzz. Blacklab describe themselves as the Dark Witch Doom Duo from Osaka Japan. Chilling cool with built in overdrive. Yuko and Chia are immersed in the Japanese stoner doom scene, and it's no surprise that with this first offering, they've pulled out a calling card that is as in yer face and arresting as anything out there. A full frontal assault of distorted riffs, howls and ghostly vocals, as well as bags of riot girrl attitude and lo-fi bravado. But grunge they are not, and neither are they occult rock as such. Being nominally a Doom band, expect a bucket load of Sabbath worship for sure, but Blacklab have a vibe and experimental undertow akin to their countrymen Boris and the souped up lo-fi fuzz of Ty Segall or Comets On Fire. Tracks like Black Moon Hidden Garden Spoon Symptom Of The Blacklab twist, burn and boil into the red. His Name Is is a churning chunky throb. Spoon and Warm Death offer moments of relief and crushing noise. And Big Muff is well 9 minutes of drum-less fuzz, that will probably do serious damage to your speakers. This first Blacklab on NHS, is a version of their Under The Strawberry Moon album which was released in tiny numbers on CD only in Japan, a pull together of previous tracks and new songs recorded over 2017. But the NHS variant is different. Wayne Adams (Death Pedals, Shitwife, Vodun, Casual Nun) has remixed the tracks to maximum effect, upping the fuzz and weight of the originals. You will not be disappointed. Blacklab are Yuko Morino, guitar and vocals. Chia Shiraishi, drums.SIDE 1 1. Black Moon 2. Hidden Garden 3. Spoon 4. Symptom of the Blacklab 5. His Name Is... SIDE 2 1. Warm Death 2. Fall and Rise 3. Big

MC/producer duo based out of Long Island, Grandmilly & Shozae, will their debut full-length collaboration this summer via Stones Throw. Grandmilly (a rapper who was formerly of Raider Klan) has been quietly yet consistently putting out quality projects since 2012- most notably an EP with Bones and a 2015 LP with SageInfinite. Shozae, a producer who is part of Long Island's Midnite Society, has been a close collaborator of Grandmilly for years01 Adventureland (Grand Opening)02 Know The Ledge (Interlude)03 Fool's Gold04 Cyber Tech Suits05 Street Life06 Graffiti 07 Pleasant Times08 Ol' Dirty Speaks (Intermission)09 Ferris Wheel feat. Dunny Cold-Facts (of Midnite Society) & AJ Suede (of Freeminds Collective)10 Army Of Kings feat. SageInfinite (of The Winners)11 Alright feat. Makeda Iroquois12 Triple Zero Radio13 The Man Show14 Chancellor feat. Petey Max (of Midnite Society)15 Phillip Lim (Grand Closing)