- DOLLCHIMES - Lapidary Throats
- Rapid Youth - Hospital Haunt
- Kevin Greenspon - Open Book
- Twin Lion - The Greys
- Trudgers - Moist Mouths Eject
- Dimples - Crybaby
- No Paws (No Lions) - No Ghosts
- Ancient Crux - Wind Walker
- Mikura Suzuki - Panzerkorps
- Norse Horse - Shoot the Kids
- Deep Sht - Mythmaker
- Strange Frames - Stealing Flowers from a Grave
- Blessure Grave - Down in the Ground
The reason why I'm left at such a loss for words is that it's hard to quantify what exactly's going on with this record label. Family Time is, as far as I know, a small record label based in Riverside, California and if this compilation is any indication they host a varied crowd of bands. One thing that seems to be a universal across the board seems to be their lo-fi aesthetic and the haunting quality of the different bands' sounds.
This compilation is all heart, but it's also kick-ass. If you ask me this compilation could kick the asses of most releases by supposed goth, deathrock and post-punk bands. Simply put, it's excellent and truly showcases that good things are coming out of the fringes of what is traditionally regarded as the goth scene.
If I were to play favourites, and I do so love to, they would have to be the opening track "Lapidary Throats" by DOLLCHIMES, a band that excels in their self-dubbed style known as coldgaze, "Wind Walker" by Ancient Crux, a marriage of neo-psychedelia with a lo-fi aesthetic, "Panzerkorps" by Mikura Suzuki, an artist who mixes equal parts heavy metal, goth rock and Tolkien and does it excellently, and finally "Stealing Flowers from a Grave" by Strange Frames which is simply haunting and great.
You know what, get this compilation. It's fantastic. I'm giving it as many points as it takes to get these bands more widely known.
1 kommenttia:
Awesome for posting this! Those are some of my favorite tracks as well, and I agree that it's incredible all across the board. What a pleasure to share the record with such great friends...
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