Writhing Squares Out Of The Ether CD

Writhing Squares have been conjuring up cosmic slop from the Philadelphia underground for a few years now,ßmixing growling bass,ßmotorikßsynthesis, andßskronkingßsax into a heady brew of punk-laced progressiveßR'n'R.ßThe duo of Daniel Provenzano & Kevin Nickles emerged in 2015 with their self-released "Gemini Blues" 7-nch,ßfollowing it up the next year with their debut album "InßTheßVoid Above" for the renownedßSiltbreezeßimprint. "Out of The Ether" is their sophomore effort, & first for TroubleßInßMind.ßThe album consists of 5 tracks of minimal, droning ambience, overtaken at times by Nickles' wailing, saxßskronk;ßa mixture of the soulful runs of The Stooges' Steve McKay & the no-wave stabs of James Chance - drum machine,ßand Provenzano's guttural basslines that add an industrial menace to a locked-in groove andßlysergiclyßintrospectiveßlyrics. Album closer "A Whole New Jupiter" takes up all of the LP version's side two,ßslingshottingßthe listener overßthe event horizon and thru the center of a sonically sculpted black hole, it's relentlessßmotorikßdirge evolving over the course of the track's 19-minute run time into an abstract pulse before lurchingßbackßintoßthe groove, riding it into the sun.

1. Dirt in My Mind's Eye 2. Steely Eyed Missile Man 3. Bloodborne Hate and Black Book Mass 4. I Turned to the Mirror 5. A Whole New Jupiter