Baldruin – Im Delirium

Sombre, ecclectic slasher flick soundtrack type stuff from Baldruin with Im Delirium on Wounded Knife. And to be more precise, this isn't for the part of the slasher movie where people get hacked to bits. It's for that moment right after, when their friends rush into the room, find them in pieces and share a tearful macabre final moment. It feels like the after effect of terror, or maybe the space around it, but not "it" exactly. And I think to achieve something like that, it's about choosing the right elements to include, and to leave. This feels a lot that way. The absence of a single dominant piece where the listener navigates the soundscape their engagement acting as that element. Sparse notes, understated horns, chimes, soft mumbles, all underpinned by solid, heartbreaking melody. Creepy cool.

Edition of 50, incredible b/w eight panel double sided jcard. Prison shells with a single circular adhesive denoting the front side. I've gotten my hands on a few Wounded Knife tapes, and the design execution just keeps getting better. Grab direct from Wounded Knife.

Alcachest Libations – Luculent Scripture

Sinister noise manipulations from Alcachest Libations with Luculent Scripture on Wounded Knife Records. Pounding industrial crunch, droning grind, the occasional passage of shimmering murk twisted and perceived backwards. Everything sounds fairly ritualistic, but not the naturalist spirit animal sense canonical to the tape scene, more prehistoric. Like something unearthed from the cretaceous period. An ode to primal beasts and savagery. The flip backs off the throttle to let in some moon beams. Ten tracks and almost an hour of jams. Challenging listening in the vein of post industrial but with a more original narrative.

Fantastic physical product. Edition of 50, jcards printed on pages of an old gujarati book (not sure what that is), slick little liner notes printed front and back. Killer. Grab direct from Wounded Knife.