Taint - Vice (Self Abuse Records)
Something vile to start the day; why not? The legend of Keith Brewer is well-deserved with releases like this under his belt. My personal experience with his work is that Taint was the more unpredictable, rough around the edges project he had. This LP proves anything it is anything but that. You are plunged into the chaos still, sure, but every outburst here feels calculated. Perhaps it was the format of LP that made Keith hone in on specific ideas, rather than extend experimentation. Maybe I am just misinformed and need to put on more Taint. Well then...
Taint - Victomology / Where are the Whores? (SPITE)
Ok, so I followed up the LP with a 7", another restrictive format! Hah. Well, the working day does not allow for digesting C60s and above without having to cock my head every 2 minutes to make sure someone isn't calling out my name. This will have to do for the time being. With that aside though, this 7" sounds like the proper follow-up to the Vice LP. I mean this literally, as Side A pretty much picks up on the same tone of sound that the LP closes out on. Perhaps they were recorded during the same session? I'm fine with that. Side B ventures out more into the more unrestricted ends of the project that I wondered about in the write-up above, with tons of synths whirring freely while Keith seems to be doing more "yelping" than any sort of laid out plan for vocals. I mean, I get it. If you don't know where the whores are, how could you do anything else but scream? Hah.
It's a sick, decaying world in the mind of Keith Brewer. I'm just happy we got a glimpse into it.
