I'm going to try to update more often. By more often I mean I'm going to update at all.
I'm kinda quiet on here, so I'm sure not too many people read this. But...I don't really care. Not that I don't care about you, brace explorer of the (unphotogenic) crevices of SG.com, but I'm going to try to keep this more for my benefit than anyone else's, as a journal should be, eh?
To that end:
There's this band that existed, here in Newark (DELAWARE not NJ), called Echo Constructor, who were around for about seven months. During three of those months, I was their next door neighbor. They fucking rocked out hard. I loved it. Imagine someone combining (non-metal) hardcore vocals with sludgy fuzzed out bluesy metal riffs, with the occasional tribal drum part, some whispy harmonica in the slow sections, and some funky ambient samples. Add a healthy portion of low budget punk rock plus a penchant for 10 minute plus songs, and you might come close to imagining what this shit was like. (I have a video, IM me if you want to see it)
Now this band's guitarist is a "friend" (more of an acquaintence) of mine named Brian. He is a real cool guy, and a while back he said he'd lay down some guitar for my fucked up spoken word band i, fanblades. And last night that's just what he did. It's magnificent. We had him working over a bassline and a tribal-y drum track we'd laid down, and he busted his shit out like no other...two tracks in two takes. The session took half an hour. Crazy. And it sounds magnificent too. Crazy thick ass drone influenced guitar...thick as fucking mercury and yet still soft and fluid and fuzzy. Great bejeezes we need this guy more often.
i, fanblades
I'm kinda quiet on here, so I'm sure not too many people read this. But...I don't really care. Not that I don't care about you, brace explorer of the (unphotogenic) crevices of SG.com, but I'm going to try to keep this more for my benefit than anyone else's, as a journal should be, eh?
To that end:
There's this band that existed, here in Newark (DELAWARE not NJ), called Echo Constructor, who were around for about seven months. During three of those months, I was their next door neighbor. They fucking rocked out hard. I loved it. Imagine someone combining (non-metal) hardcore vocals with sludgy fuzzed out bluesy metal riffs, with the occasional tribal drum part, some whispy harmonica in the slow sections, and some funky ambient samples. Add a healthy portion of low budget punk rock plus a penchant for 10 minute plus songs, and you might come close to imagining what this shit was like. (I have a video, IM me if you want to see it)
Now this band's guitarist is a "friend" (more of an acquaintence) of mine named Brian. He is a real cool guy, and a while back he said he'd lay down some guitar for my fucked up spoken word band i, fanblades. And last night that's just what he did. It's magnificent. We had him working over a bassline and a tribal-y drum track we'd laid down, and he busted his shit out like no other...two tracks in two takes. The session took half an hour. Crazy. And it sounds magnificent too. Crazy thick ass drone influenced guitar...thick as fucking mercury and yet still soft and fluid and fuzzy. Great bejeezes we need this guy more often.
i, fanblades