Volcanic Tongue Catalogue

Sic Alps
U.S. EZ

Siltbreeze SB-98

CD
£9.99


New 2008 Siltbreeze album from this great US avant-garage group that more than makes good on the potential for extended narcotic punk visioning previously demonstrated across a slew of tough-to-score 7s. This is their best set of songs to date, combining classic hooks and a blasted lo-fi aesthetic with the kind of drug stylings more associated with teenage heads like Index and The Choir. A track like “Sing Song Waitress” is so beautifully rendered it could almost have fallen out of the pocket of The Zombies circa “Odyssey & Oracle” (always a much bigger deal around these parts than Pet Sounds), while “Clubbing For $$” combines the acid-parched tongue of Skip Spence with some beautifully nuanced wordage that could almost be Alastair Galbraith. Another winner from Siltbreeze. Fuck.

Various Artists
The World’s Lousy With Ideas Vol. 8

Almost Ready No Cat

LP
£13.99


Best volume yet of this great on-going limited compilation series that takes the temperature of the underground circa now. Exclusive tracks from Vivian Girls, Blank Dogs, Times New Viking, Intelligence, Guinea Worms, Sic Alps, Thee Oh Sees, Tyvek and Pink Reason. Epochal and highly recommended.