Hit & Run

A few quickie track by track music reviews...

Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fungus
by Omar Rodriguez Lopez

Hands Tied To the Roots of the Hemorrhage
Commodore sound effects violently explode into ATDI era jamming

City Dreams Inside A Truck
Dreary soundtrack to a modern-day rendition of Nosferatu

Sex, Consolation for Misery
The slow sensual rhythm of heroin plus a drum kit

Tied Prom Digs on the Docks
Starts with whirling guitar work and sexy horns before its deconstructed and distorted.
I love when the drums and bass come back (8:47) after several minutes of audiological finagling.

Seeth of Cloudless Hymstone
Melodies caught behind a wall of heartbeats

Mood Swings
Jeremy is slathered all over this, in a good way.
He delivers a solid block of thought-provoking, trance-inducing musique concrete.

An Ancient Shrewdness in The Veins
Gargling feeding tubes, television crosstalk,
and jazzy piano create the mood and ambiance of a David Lynch film.

A Story Teeth Rotted For
Waltz through the smoldering ruins, what did they leave behind?
(Apparently an interlude cut from Deloused in The Comatorium)

Of Ankles to Stone
Psychedelic vibes built around a riff that i'm told would progress into part of Cassandra Gemini

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The Hawk is Howling
By Mogwai

I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead
Classic post-rock...From a gentle melody to an undeniable wall of rockish sound, in this case with snippets of what sound like synthesized mandolins.

Batcat
An unrelentless up-tempo rock number that disrupts the astral zone the 1st track brought you to. This song is bitchin, I must admit however it reminds me a bit of The Outsider by A Perfect Circle.

Danphe and the Brain
The title reminded me of Escape from New York for some odd reason...
A song that showcase's Mogwai's technical prowess with sound and mood.

Local Authority
Stirs and scowls but with the grace of an infant...no doubt another winner

The Sun Smells Too Loud
My least favorite song on the album, due largely to the guitar work which for some reason i'm not to fond of. Don't get me wrong, this track isn't horrible just not much to my liking. I do tip my hat to the title though...yummy synesthesia!

King's Meadow
Bass and then piano working so finally together...the ticks of clocks force you to reflect. The last 20 seconds or so give me Boards of Canada vibes which makes me smile.

I Love You, I'm Going to Blow Up Your School
One of my favorites, from the title to the tight execution. There is a certain essence of helplessness that beautifys the measure changes and disorients the listener. Brilliant stuff.

Scotland's Shame
If this song was available in 1971 Stanley Kubrick would have used it in
A Clockwork Orange

Thank You Space Expert
Souless robots in an endless maze of artificially lit grocerystore aisles:
the musical!
Steady before the fade-out.

The Precipice
A powerful closer with strings and drums, that demands thought and not just attention. The Precipice builds and builds and then finally erupts before one final squealing lick of the guitar and The Hawk is Howling is over, and you are breathless.