July 9, 2010

Shearing Pinx – Weaponry LP (Div/orce)

Positive (re: not aggro) noise-rock with semi-spazz setting glued in place. This band is from Canada so it’s friendly, approachable, and structured, more or less. Think Aids Wolf with the “confrontation” replaced with hyper-awareness (first song: “I am Jim O’Rourke”….probably NOT a tribute). Instrumental makeup is guitar, guitar, and drums with everyone yelping, yelling, and accidentally singing. Expect long exercises in improvisational drone and noise plus very short examples of the jittery song-blast variety. Invariably, this is one more record that feels, sounds, and lives out its days with one or two spins to its credit. Forever. (http://www.divorcerecords.ca)
(Andrew Earles)