The bells. The bells! Trost continue their reliably out-there run of releases with To Catch A Bird In A Net Of Wind. That's a title and a half. Just two, very long, tracks, listening to the title track with its serene start I get the feeling that it is nonetheless just about to explode.
For now it's kind of zen in a way waiting for this to happen: Tashi Dorji noodling happily enough on guitar; while Tyler Damon gets jiggy with the bells. Problem is it goes on a little bit too long in the same vein and you kind of zone out after a while and start thinking about less profound things than catching a bird in a net of wind.
Maybe that explosion is not going to happen after all. There is a little bit of development when Dorji starts to pitch bend and the percussion starts to thicken out. (I think you need to be lying down flat to listen to this record.) Ah wait six and a half minutes in and that promised cacophony is about to happen, certainly the tension is rising. No, life's too short.
'Upon the Rim of the Well' begins with some multi-directional drumming and then lots of detuned guitar and extravagant thrashing about. I'm thinking Eugene Chadbourne a bit here and of course yes it's a complete racket. If you are feeling in a particularly destructive frame of mind then for sure this is the track for you. Otherwise ride it all out. SG
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