Review: Lwa “A Softened Focus”/Secret Abuse “Release You Away; Towards Greater Pig Shit” - Detrivore Cassingle Series
The highlight here is definitely the Secret Abuse side, which really hits my sweet spot of slowly unfolding melodicism drizzled with a sheen of static dressing and punctuated with the occasional crunchy nugget of insane grinding feedback. The ascent from eno-esque melodrone to gently screaming banging-on-a-sheet-of-metal squall is absolutely sublime.
Lwa’s aesthetic hasn’t generally appealed to me as much when I’ve seen them here in IC – but this side has grown on me after a few listens. There’s only a minimal sense of progression or tension, but that’s got its place. These very ambient tones and echoing snippets of conversation will be the bees knees to some folks – it’s much more of an atmosphere than music. Very subdued, very analog. A heartbeat pulse, bells, cawing crows outro . . .
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