VOMIR / WEREWOLF JERUSALEM split 7"
I thought this could be the item I get for myself as document of what HNW genre is about. I have no use for massive box sets or 90 minute wall tapes which I wouldn't listen - at least not more than once. 7" format allows to spin it couple times and see what it offers. Vomir here offers nothing. It's as static, as anonymous, as dull as it gets. Very similar sound to some of The Rita material he did several years ago before moving into more interesting direction.
WJ is much better. It is wall of noise to the bone, but beyond the surface level of fuzzy distortion pedal grain, there happens things. Typicality of the surface texture and compositional element is such a trad WJ, within 5 mins you pretty much get what you're ever going to get. Quite usual style of heavy wall suddenly dropping into distorted hiss - in abrupt cut not far from some piece of Chop Shop - happens just before side ends. Curious decision to blast almost entire side and then last minute is just crackling hiss. I didn't like that quality in WJ's LP (the one limited to 20x) so I traded it away. On this 7" the trick works since it's done only once. Do I dare to say, this side sounds pretty good - which would suggest me perhaps more of WJ should be in collection? Luckily I do have already. Should give new rotation for some of the stuff!
What deserved more rotation, was Alleypisser "savn" 7"! Previously in this topic I said: "very good stuff. Lo-fi tape loops and recordings of physical sounds. Very abstract and kind of "unfinished" feel, yet brilliant." Not sure if unfinished in the right term, but it is very nice 7" and most certainly can take more playtimes! LP length of songs like this? Yes thanks.
Händer Som Vårdar / Megan split 7"
HSV has some similarity to Alleypisser in form of ultra decayed loops and grainy physical sounds, being organic yet suffocatingly rough, yet never becoming noise. Noisy all the time, though. It's easy to leave this playing on background, yet you may lose the track on layers of sound and tasty detail what create real spirit of the track. The close-up recorded "microsound", is so much more vital when captured with range of analogue tape and crude microphone, compared to the modern hi-fi portable digital recorder sounds.
Megan is the loud and energy filled vocal dominated noise. I would think that it's like mixing some old PE, some Masonna and fierce noise. It works very well in format of side of 7". It will probably satisfy both fans of Masonna or Bizarre Uproar type of noise as well as old PE at its noisiest forms a'la SJ, Male Rape Group, Ramleh etc. But how interesting it could be in full length format? Not sure. It would depend how much difference they can get into tracks. Potential for utmost greatness, but also for being samey and getting dull in long format.
