Vinyl Review: "Milk" by Night Goat

An old friend of mine and I have a phrase that we have said to each other for years...and that's "Commitment To The Bit."

Today, I'm showing that my commitment to the bit is at its all time zenith. 2020 is the year of Goat Metal for Glacially Musical.

Why?

I think it's interesting how the goat has become such a ubiquitous sigil for heavy metal.

The Satanic Panic isn't something that happened oh so many years to me, like many metal fans, but something that directly impacted my life.

The Christian Right has long noticed me and labeled me many a thing. None of them true, but now, all of them fun.

So, let's continue to celebrate the metallers that know that goats are KVLT AF.

I'm considering the debut by Noise Metal(?) group Night Goat.

The LP begins with the track, Smearcase on Shorb. Look, right now, I'm into that. Kiddo and I often add an R sound to things..like Hot Dog becomes HaRt DaRg or Lunch becomes LeRnch...so Shorb?

That's dope.

Vinyl Review: "Ex Voto" by Djunah

Ex Voto

I'm going to pierce the veil just a little bit right now for you. At the time of this writing, it's 10:22am on November 3rd. My daughter is sick, and I'm sitting upstairs drinking a pot of delicious Earl Grey Tea.

Also, I'm wearing my awesome AC/DC sleep pants because it's still morning time.

No idea why I did that, but moving on. Today I'm considering the debut release from Chicago's Noise/Experimental/Post-Punk Duo Djunah.

As we're now into week two of Glacially Musical's first ever Vinyl Fortnight, let's point out that so far, everything that's made it to these pages has been rather unique.

Evil Triplet, Left To Starve, The Transgressors, Ghost:Hello, and Rachid Taha have all been difficult to describe for me.

But that's the kind of music that really gets my blood flowing. Yes, anything that can be done has been done before. Of course it's perfectly acceptable to be heavily influenced by other bands.

Vinyl Review: "Short of Popular" by Cherubs

Short of Popular

It's been a minute since we've heard from Austin, TX based label Soncic Surgery Records.

They sent some truly amazing music my way last year.

In the meantime, the label owner has purchased a bar/concert venue and has just been working working.

Well, last week, he sent me a message that was basically get ready, because you're going to get some new music from us.

From where I sit, that's a pretty awesome thing. Especially since this gorgeous record is currently spinning on my turntable right now. Truth in journalism, it's my backup turntable. There was a Thanksgiving Incident.

Now, before I get far enough along to lose the plot, let's turn back the clock and get a little bit of information about Cherubs. Their Wikipedia page shows one extended play, three studio albums and a compilation album released back in 1996.

LP Review: "1,000 Miles of Mud" by Night Vapor

1,000 Miles of Mud

Have you ever read a manifesto? Or better yet, are you one of those advanced humans who has actually written a manifesto.

That's one of my personal ambitions to write a manifesto so precise, so comprehensible that it becomes a treatise. My Manifesto/Treatise will be on the subject of time travel.

Certainly we have achieved it....right?

Out of America's Steel City, Pittsburgh, PA comes the Noise Rock manifesto makers, Night Vapor.

This album isn't an album. It's someone telling the rest of the world how the rest of this is about to go down.

For the record, it is wholly insane. Do not look for sanity here. If a band is going to record a musical manifesto, there's something that's required even moreso than a singer with a manageable case of Lead Singer's Disease, and that's an overly competent bass player who's been waiting for their turn.

1,000 Miles of Mud's backbone is that bass guitar. It's full and melodic. In fact, this is the kind of album that a young Geddy Lee would've heard and thought, damn, these crazy people might be on to something.

In the purest of all ironies, this abject insanity only outdone by its perfect structure.

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Stream:"Life Is No Way To Treat An Animal" by Czar

Tacoma, Washington's Czar has just released their record, Life Is No Way To Treat An Animal on Do It Yourself Records and it's available on Bandcamp. You can also check them out on the Facebook.

In a time when the world is fuzzy, let's fuzz out our brains and relax.