Monday, August 4, 2008

Rock is hell box

This is a crazy box set I found out about looking up stuff about foot village...from the Rock is Hell label and is 8 singles housed in this amazing screenprinted box. I'm trying to figure out the link here between these acts. Fugu and Bulbul have full length releases on Rock is Hell, which I'm guessing is an Austrian label? Maybe there drawing some lines between some of these local bands and US noise?
Fugu sounds like super slow core, maybe slightly Calexico, a little alt-country, a little spanish horn/lyric influenced, but also it can rock in another language with harmonica...weird.
Rokko Anal is based in Austria, and sound like a lot of abused electronics in loops and heavily echoed vocals.
Child Abuse rocks the hyper-tempo growly grindcore/metal electronics....very evil.
Sasqrotch (the best named of the bunch) is a haze psyche fest out of California, slowly droning out the jams.
Zs is a free form sax/keyboard/drum jazz don cab type of experimentalism out of Brooklyn. (?)
Bulbul sounds slightly shellac-ish with the off time signatures and heavy upfront basslines with a lot of experimental guitar woven all around the double half talking vocals.
Whew...thanks myspace.

It's a little uneven, with a lot of different style underground indie stuff, plus a heafty markup price thanks to the ever devalued dollar and overseas shipping....I'll have to pass....but it's an impressive package and if ever in Austria....

RIP14-1 FOOT VILLAGE 7"
RIP14-2 FUGU & THE COSMIC MUMU / DEATH SENTENCE: PANDA! Split 7"
RIP14-3 ROKKO ANAL 7"
RIP14-4 CHILD ABUSE 7"
RIP14-5 SASQROTCH 7"
RIP14-6 BUG / REFLECTOR Split 7"
RIP14-7 ZS 7"
RIP14-8 BULBUL 7"


It's available for those willing from aquarius.

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