BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL — Seventh ruined hex
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"... Die Grundsthetik seiner Arbeit als Birchville Cat Motel speist sich dann auch aus einem starken, deutlich hrbaren Black Flag-Einfluss, der auffllig gut mit einigen Querverweisen an Drone Music und Power Electronics harmoniert. Unter der willkommenen Mitwirkung von Matthew Bower, der dem Rock unter anderem bereits mit Skullflower einst ein anderes, tatschlich ungewohntes Gesicht verpasste, kreiert Kneale in diesem Spektrum auf Seventh Ruined Hex (Important Records) eine weitere hrenswerte Variation auf ein Themas, das zuletzt vielleicht etwas oft beackert wurde, um dauerhaft spannend zu bleiben. Mann muss ihm allerdings zu Gute halten, dass seine Layer aus Noise, angedeuteter Harmonie und purer Klangwand jederzeit berzeugend, durchdacht und manchmal sogar recht originell erscheinen." [Kai Ginkel / SPEX]
"A further step out in Birchville Cat Motel's ruminations on time/space distortion featuring the additional mystikal talents of fellow gravity destroyer, Matthew Bower (Hototogisu/Sunroof!). Seventh Ruined Hex presents like a lonesome planet, occasionally struck with super-sized fragments of space detritus, but for the most part, just hangs around, spinning on its axis and doing fuck-all. Strangely emotive for 'a buncha noise.' Like the deepest love, it's warm yet tenuous, and filled with the ever-present potential for loss and brutality. More in line with the estranged love tangle of the Birchville classic Chi Vampires than the most recent befuddling hyperspace rock overload of recent albums like Our Love Will Destroy the World and Birds Call Home their Dead. Features Matthew Bower, who has been known to put out a good album or two on a regular basis. Powerful." [label notes]
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"A further step out in Birchville Cat Motel's ruminations on time/space distortion featuring the additional mystikal talents of fellow gravity destroyer, Matthew Bower (Hototogisu/Sunroof!). Seventh Ruined Hex presents like a lonesome planet, occasionally struck with super-sized fragments of space detritus, but for the most part, just hangs around, spinning on its axis and doing fuck-all. Strangely emotive for 'a buncha noise.' Like the deepest love, it's warm yet tenuous, and filled with the ever-present potential for loss and brutality. More in line with the estranged love tangle of the Birchville classic Chi Vampires than the most recent befuddling hyperspace rock overload of recent albums like Our Love Will Destroy the World and Birds Call Home their Dead. Features Matthew Bower, who has been known to put out a good album or two on a regular basis. Powerful." [label notes]
www.importantrecords.com