It is curious how Nick talks about being refreshing that people are interested in his new stuff and not the old. Curiously, when I first heard Half Mortal LP, I didn't know who he was. Later checking discogs info and RORSCHACH name pops up, and I got some of the early stuff. At that time still had first LP on wall of my store. When I mentioned Half Mortal latest tape in this forum, it was mentioned as "guy of Green Tea". I would that would make more people interested than name drop Rorschach? With Half Mortal, certain Prurient vibes were obvious. It could be what Nick explains, that label has direct way to curate things to his liking. Music, descriptions, lay-out.. and even if there wouldn't be "Prurient sound", you got Fernow's vision clearly on top of things, hah. So before I went discogs, I was thinking could it be another secret Fernow side project.
It is curious how many people refer early covid as significant point. Could be neat to observe is it really covid, or could it be "simulated" with something else. Something that suddenly points out that you can't = you do not have to, live same routine life non-stop till the grave. I know several grown men, who suddenly under external pressure, when they could not go to bar, didn't travel for holidays, etc.. instead, became creative and looked alternative outlet for their energy. In my own case, nothing changed, so covid had really no direct effect whatsoever, but several guys I know, seems like they needed little reminder that you don't have to do this, you can do also other things.
It is also interesting what they talk concerning the top lists. One obscure Ramirez project gets on the list, and conclusion is that because man puts out too much of stuff, and he is veteran in a scene, some of this type of highlights remain unnoticed. If if would be new act, people would probably check out and start raving about it, but how often you see people raving about last months ramirez bandcamp upload? Don't know. But I would assume there could be occasional reason to do so. Wouldn't mind people who follow his work in dedicated manner, remind all the others about highlights of his (recent) stuff. I wouldn't be surprised if Ramirez would be like Nick in this interview, thinking that it would rule if people would be interested & passionate what he is doing now, instead of name dropping "I keep my stuff inside", "scrapyard", "Memorial"... haha... Or some unearthed vintage Richard Ramirez & David Gilden collab HWN gets praised while I am about 1000% sure he did make better stuff, probably yesterday, than some of those collabs. No joke. Not saying RR/DG stuff would suck, but I would make bold assumption that RR alone at his best is absolute master in blunt harsh noise. And like WCN & Nick discusses here, as much as man is praised, it seems little odd new works doesn't awake that much enthusiasm?
