Mythology | Green Vinyl

In many ways, the music of Writhing Squares could have only originated in Philadelphia; the city itself a microcosm of creatives, go-getters, freaks & weirdos that have coalesced into a supportive & boundary-pushing crew. Former Purling Hiss bassist Daniel Provenzano & Ecstatic Vision sax-player & vocalist Kevin Nickles' first musical missive was shot forth in 2013 (the self-released CDR 'Live In Space') & various singles, split releases, albums (and a double-album) later we arrive at the duo's fourth full-length 'Mythology', their third for Chicago-based Trouble In Mind Records.'Mythology' picks up the pieces left shattered by their previous double-album 'Chart For The Solution' and reconnects the broken shards together like Kintsugi, the ancient Japanese technique for mending broken ceramics, infusing the breaks with powdered gold. The Squares themselves are like mad-scientists, taking the ruined detritus populating junk shops & surplus outlets & constructing their own sonic laboratories in their New Jersey basements to record, mix & tweak 'Mythology''s eight tracks. Their new location allowed the band to regroup, reassess & reconstruct their sound from the ground up, shearing away the cosmic excess of 2021's 'Chart For The Solution' to a sharper point.Tracks like 'Barbarians' & 'LEM' are classic Squares; brutal, aggressive, unwavering assault of Motorhead/Stooges-inflected sci-fi punk scree, while others like 'Chromatophage's mutant funk & 'Cerberu's techno-slink owe a

Tracks

1~1~Barbarians
1~2~Eternity
1~3~Ferrell
1~4~Acid Rain
1~5~Lem
1~6~Chromatophage
1~7~Cerberus
1~8~The Damned Thing

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Writhing Squares
Release Date: 26 April 2024
Genre: Alternative
Label: TROUBLE IN MIND
Distributor: Rocket Group