Volcanic Tongue Catalogue

Melanie Delaney, Bridget Hayden and Phil Todd
Play Freeway Alabama

Smoker's Gifts #4

CD-R
£7.99


Excellent three-way psych/trance and roar-drone oblivion rendered in the usual human/primitive style from a bunch of central UK heads, with Mel Delaney of Ocelocelot, Bridget from Vibracathedral Orchestra and Phil Todd of Ashtray Navigations et al. Excellent lo-fi, tactile feel, with dead car-crash tones dive-bombed with lurid shots of electric string and what sounds like the "Fire" section of Brian Wilson's smile extrapolated to almost Xpressway-levels of grit. Hand-numbered edition of 100 copies on Delaney's own label. Long OOP.

Bridget Hayden
Untitled

Golden Lab Records Rowf-16

CD-R
£5.99


Edition of 80 copies CD-R from Bridget Hayden of Vibracathedral Orchestra/Telescopes et al. Recorded while on tour with Marcia Bassett (Zaimph/Hototogisu et al) in November 2008, the set sounds very much influenced by Bassett, particularly her work in Zaika with Tom Carter (Charalambides). Hayden sings and plays overdriven electric guitar with a slide, combining hovering fuzz drones with travelling steel in a pugilistic Industrial-blues style.