COLOSSLOTH - 'Heathen Needles'



CSR235CD (8 November 2017)
CD in digipak
Barcode: 0641871745005



On his second album, Colossloth continues his esoteric sonic crusade of volatile yet absorbing audio textures. Cold electronica, with swathes of rhythmic power noise and industrial harshness, tempered with penetrating song structures. Eleven tracks of austere, reflective and exploratory electronics for journeys made into the hidden realms underpinning daily life, spanning the bridge between gnosis and praxis. The dissonance of opposites falling into elemental synthesis with a sound and approach influenced from the past, present and future, letting us remain anachronistic yet temporal voyeurs in the abyss evoked forth. Digipak.

Track listing:

1. Justify Your Youth
2. Goodwill Scars
3. Comfort In Defeat
4. Heathen Needles
5. Lain Inert
6. We Had A Pact
7. There Will Be Islands
8. Marks Of Control
9. A Place Where Your Dreams Can Die Alone
10. Forcing The Error
11. Sedentary Signals



Reviews:

"...this record is an impressive feat of sonic mayhem - plenty of wild textures, obnoxious snarling tones, distorted crunched-up lumps of ugly filth, and unstoppable waves of hate pouring out of his creative orifices like so much hot lava. But then he'll turn around and surprise you by demonstrating a strong command of subtlety, with cold ambient tones of understatement and ambiguity, brittle acoustic guitar samples, and clever dynamic shifts in the music...At all times Colossloth succeeds in presenting a warped, queasy view of the world, where no score is ever settled and every gesture conceals a lurking menace, an implied threat. Strong meat for ravenous wolves" (The Sound Projector)

"Colossloth experimented with a wide arsenal of influences, moving from heavy industrial outburst towards dark, dreamy cinematographic passages. It can be now a bit relaxing and next abstract and into experimentalism to finally reach a heavy industrial/noise style. “Heathen Needles” is an album bringing extremes together... I also noticed a kind alchemy in the sound treatments like an artist who’s decomposing and reconstructing sounds. So in the end it’s an album that might please numerous freaks of extreme music genres." (Side-Line)

"...the British artist knows how to fuse modern technologies and atavistic movements like no other, and he is a master of manipulation when it comes to noise layers, feedback, drones... If you want modern sounding experimental and droning music with an eye on the past and a foot in the present, look no further." (9/10, Flux)

"...we start off with something extraordinary... I could see why Colossloth has been heralded as "the best of the new wave of British Drone." Heathen Needles has game-changing potential". (The Noise Beneath The Snow)

"Colossloth generates a veritable hellscape of aggressively-manipulated sounds... Heathen Needles is fresh and surprisingly non-repetitive. Colossloth processes a number of familiar styles and techniques in a fashion that is unusual and unconventional. The result is a thoroughly twisted and enjoyable album." (Avant Music News)

"Colossloth is somewhat of a success story in noise circles. Not only does the 'sloth play countless shows nationwide to much acclaim, he's also here delivering his second record for the excellent Cold Spring label... Less bleak and unforgiving, this is the more hopeful, but equally as uncompromising cousin to OYHFTIOT and as a result it's a scintillating listen." (Ninehertz)

"It feels like a radio broadcast from the depths of space, a stark, static filled communication from beyond. A robotic whale swimming through a black sea of sine waves. Colossloth has created an album far beyond his last release... A brilliant sculpture of noise and emotion." (Fighting Boredom)

"Whether looking for grimness or contemplative electronics, Colossloth's Heathen Needles is a score for the listener. Diverse but well put together, his second release on Cold Spring is chock full of interesting layers, tones, and expressions. This is a wonderful, every day type of dark electronic album." (Musique Machine)

"...un trabajo incisivo y potente que supera holgadamente sus anteriores propuestas. Power electronics ensamblado con eventuales y escuetos planteamientos melódicos. Una oferta apasionante". (NOmelody)

"Wooly Woolaston alza il tiro rendendo tutto più complicato ed estremo in questo secondo lavoro su CD di Colossloth... La passione per la mescolanza dei generi elettronici unita a qualche puntata nel metal estremo era cosa evidente già nel precedente lavoro, ma ora la dose sperimentale viene rincarata in una sequela di brani di breve durata in cui svettano sprazzi di materiale quasi improvvisato, sovrimpressioni di excerpts con tonalità brutalizzate che navigano alla deriva... divertissement analogici che guardano al passato, melodie naif e abrasività feroci" (Darkroom)