verdigris will never grow on these sounds...

Hototogisu sure do make a loud bunch of noise for two people. this lp, "Robed In Verdigris" is testament to this. gone are the lulling sounds of early hototogisu light touches ("the white wind of autumn" is almost like easy listening), this release finds them sounding a lot like an amplified plane taking off. to me, that's a good thing. bower's guitar work is way in the forefront for much of the recording, with much knob twidling and static firing being done by basset. the recording is spacious and clear, so much so in fact that you can hear switches being flipped and objects being dropped. the din swirls and hums along on two long untitled tracks (how the hell would you name this shit anyhow? evil droning death skree #1?) someone once described this band as liquid heavy metal. i like that.

this sounds to me like bower is getting comfortable with feedback again, sounding much like late 80's skullflower with hive mind doing the backing drones. fucking awesome, huge, and ear-shattering. turn it the fuck up!

Hototogisu - Robed In Verdigris
http://www.mediafire.com/?tyyjy2uxxjy

burning stars and mockingbirds...

hototogisu means mockingbird... didn't know that, didja?

anyhoo, here's a noise fan's wet-dream team up, hototogisu and burning star core. i am a big fan of everything c. spencer yeh does, but i always think that his collaborations are better than his solo releases (he recently played with jandek and stole the show in my opinion.) this is the first cd (of two) of their collaborations, this one released on drone disco (spencer's label) and the other coming out on heavy blossom (hototogisu's label). this one is great, though it suffers from a murky recording that makes it pretty hard to distinguish what is what... it's all just one huge maelstrom of noise, a swirling howl that makes the violin and guitars almost indestinguishable.

basically, most of this release sounds like hototogisu with a drummer (the dude from hair police and eyes and arms of smoke), but it is capped off with a final freakout of a track that really kicks you in the face and lets you know that these boys and girl can mush your brains as well as grind your teeth.

if you've liked the noisier stuff on here, or are a fan of spencer or bower or basset, then get this.

Hototogisu and Burning Star Core - Drone Disco Fig. 87

http://www.mediafire.com/?kwd1unnom5m