In this week are a few CD's on Utech and here's one of 'em by sunny ole Nadja. 'Noisy bastards' I shouted across the office whiile this blared out of the speakers.... 'Trembled' is exactly what the speakers did as this slow dark doomy sludgefest terrified them until they gave up and walked out of the office. So I had to take this home and review it with headphones and I'm hoping my ears don't run off. This is dark... deffo one of the darker Nadja releases I've heard. It's not one of their ambient albums... It's 6 tracks of dark paranoid slow shoegazey doom..... like a really heavy Jesu or something. If you're after soemthing powerful this week and you're arsed off with all of the floaty toss or droney nonsense that we can't get enough of then check this mother out as it will shake the cobwebs out of your ears. It's well smart... in dark doomy sleeve as well....
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What their label says...
Trembled has returned, triumphantly. Released by Utech Records [046] in the summer of 2006 on limited cdr. The principal live recordings from Toronto have been remixed/remastered and include a rare performance of Swans "No Cure for the Lonely." The core of the release, though, is “Tremble”, a cascading improvisation of drift and atmospherics revealed to audiences on an occasional basis. The track is telling of the fluidity with which Nadja create and why the band has become so highly regarded. “Breakpoint” and “Corrasion” complete the set. Exclusive material has been added in "Stays Demons" and a second version of "Tremble" recorded by Scott Slimm in Philadelphia. Illustration by Justin Bartlett. The ultimate document of Nadja at their most electric and empyreal.
