Friday 12 February 2010

THE TRUTH ABOUT FRANK – LONG DIVISION WITH REMAINDERS EP VERSION 11 (FRONT AND FOLLOW)


THE TRUTH ABOUT FRANK – LONG DIVISION WITH REMAINDERS EP VERSION 11 (FRONT AND FOLLOW)

The Truth About Frank is a duo from Leeds otherwise known as Ian and Alan.  Their intention appears to grind out the greatest sounds from the resources offered them.  Yes, they use leads.

From the off their contribution sounds submerged and troubling, an explicitly industrial gesture sans the gothic beats.  Again as with much of the project it distils a troubled motion seemingly based in agony, solidly spliced with ear-splitting assaults on the brain.  It’s a gnarly adventure, easily one of the noisiest Long Division With Remainders to date.

The frequency changes for the second track as the cascade of the piece remains but now comes coupled with a fresh array of heavy movements and frightful pounding that halfway through digitises into something quite subhuman and horrific.  The swirling decadence attained offers to engineer a freak based breakdown and argument with a tunnel of words.  The it ends abrupt.  Mission accomplished.

As the EP moves on it arrives at an industrial pace with track 3 and what appears to be the sound of a derelict factory experiencing a ghostly flashback.  Before long the seeming loop of a generator gives way to a full on power drill, which ultimately can only prompt a migraine for the listener.  Now that wasn’t very nice.

It ends with fluctuation, with the sound of what appears to be a mind pacing.  Then a quarter of the way through, booming drums arrive as if in epiphany.  With this a solid groove ensues as if the listener is being made to meet their maker.  It’s a drone that kills.

Thesaurus moment: plant.

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