Coyote Sinkers - Silo Shuckers (American Tapes)
Speculum Spyked - Speculum Spyked (American Tapes)
Two LPs from the frozen depths of Michigan to help zone out after about an hour of shoveling snow this afternoon. Something always cool about these mid-2000's LP from American is how they can really be played at any speed for your enjoyment (ask the man himself, he approves of the move). I usually default to doing them on 33rpm, as that just means a great stretch of Inzanity, but decided to see what Coyote Sinkers would be like on 45.
This group is a solid duo of Olson & Dilloway, and I am pretty sure it is the jam that led them to eventually forming Casket Sinkers. Whereas that group has more of a balance in sounds between the two, this iteration feels more like Dilloway is playing second fiddle to Olson's horn and scrap madness. On 45, it's a good effort, and reminds me of what later efforts from groups like Crazy Doberman would go on to do.
Speculum Spyked is Olson and Damion Romero. Interesting, as I thought that the latter retired the Speculum Fight persona a while before this LP. Well, let's not focus hard on semantics; this LP is great. I play it strictly on 33. Couldn't imagine it sped up. It's just so monolithic in a slower zone. And given the styles of these two, they pair surprisingly well! Olson let's Romero's sound haunt the majority of the mix, never overplaying too much. This is a far chiller listen to wind into the evening with between the two records.
