Writhing Squares Out Of The Ether LP Vinyl

Writhing Squares have been conjuring up cosmic slop from the Philadelphia underground for a few years now,ámixing growling bass,ámotorikásynthesis, andáskronkingásax into a heady brew of punk-laced progressiveáR'n'R.áThe duo of Daniel Provenzano & Kevin Nickles emerged in 2015 with their self-released "Gemini Blues" 7-nch,áfollowing it up the next year with their debut album "InáTheáVoid Above" for the renownedáSiltbreezeáimprint. "Out of The Ether" is their sophomore effort, & first for TroubleáInáMind.áThe album consists of 5 tracks of minimal, droning ambience, overtaken at times by Nickles' wailing, saxáskronk;áa mixture of the soulful runs of The Stooges' Steve McKay & the no-wave stabs of James Chance - drum machine,áand Provenzano's guttural basslines that add an industrial menace to a locked-in groove andálysergiclyáintrospectiveályrics. Album closer "A Whole New Jupiter" takes up all of the LP version's side two,áslingshottingáthe listener overáthe event horizon and thru the center of a sonically sculpted black hole, it's relentlessámotorikádirge evolving over the course of the track's 19-minute run time into an abstract pulse before lurchingábackáintoáthe 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