A.M. Stations - Nonsense
A.M. Stations, unmitigated exuberance from first note to last. Channeling rhythms and beats from past decades, Nonsense blurs into the roots of sound. Each track on fire, on the threshold of liquefied metal. Headbangers feel A.M. Station's presence, but this is not that kind of record. Amazingly Nonsense cruises the main drag with a consistent speed, but continues to morph vehicular appearance. Listen for a second or a sample, reveals just a fraction of the total talent. Take the full tour from start to finish, then listen again to see how much was missed.
After flipping this tape a dozen times or so, the elusive comparison that just nagged at thoughts finally surfaced. Maybe it was forced, a last attempt at trying to make A.M. Stations sit down. There is a lot on this composition, so any tackle pining down these sounds really only slows them for a few seconds. Going to throw the mid eighties band Scratch Acid out there.... Touch & Go Records, Chicago, Austin Texas.... All major components of the progressive sonic state. Already Dead Tapes and Records fitting like a perfect puzzle piece to this aural picture. In this single composition, Nonsense has all of the diversity. Heavy bass and guitar trying to play as loud and distinct as the drums and vocals. All sonic elements arriving and departing like the busy rail hub of Hamburg Hauptbahnhof. The last two songs on the first side, milk siblings and charred wings, bring small elements of sedation in, before flying loose. Moments of vocal harmonizing throughout, tether the anguish and noise. Everything together making Nonsense overflowing with sounds and still perfectly balanced.
Soon to be released on Already Dead Tapes and Records, September 27th is the ship date, in an edition of one hundred. The previous release on Already Dead, an EP titled Sign of Times sold out completely. Oddly, this was almost exactly three years ago, give a day or so. Staggeringly one hundred and eleven releases have been in between. There is also a compact disc edition of Nonsense to be released on 1980 Records at the same time. So take you pick
Links
Already Dead Tapes site - facebook - bandcamp
A.M. Stations - bandcamp
After flipping this tape a dozen times or so, the elusive comparison that just nagged at thoughts finally surfaced. Maybe it was forced, a last attempt at trying to make A.M. Stations sit down. There is a lot on this composition, so any tackle pining down these sounds really only slows them for a few seconds. Going to throw the mid eighties band Scratch Acid out there.... Touch & Go Records, Chicago, Austin Texas.... All major components of the progressive sonic state. Already Dead Tapes and Records fitting like a perfect puzzle piece to this aural picture. In this single composition, Nonsense has all of the diversity. Heavy bass and guitar trying to play as loud and distinct as the drums and vocals. All sonic elements arriving and departing like the busy rail hub of Hamburg Hauptbahnhof. The last two songs on the first side, milk siblings and charred wings, bring small elements of sedation in, before flying loose. Moments of vocal harmonizing throughout, tether the anguish and noise. Everything together making Nonsense overflowing with sounds and still perfectly balanced.
Soon to be released on Already Dead Tapes and Records, September 27th is the ship date, in an edition of one hundred. The previous release on Already Dead, an EP titled Sign of Times sold out completely. Oddly, this was almost exactly three years ago, give a day or so. Staggeringly one hundred and eleven releases have been in between. There is also a compact disc edition of Nonsense to be released on 1980 Records at the same time. So take you pick
Links
Already Dead Tapes site - facebook - bandcamp
A.M. Stations - bandcamp
