Barn Owl/ Tom Carter

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4...according to our Ant on Thu 30 Oct, 2008.

Blackest Rainbow continue there vinyl outings with a superb split by Barn Owl (Not Not Fun) and Tom Carter (Charalambides etc). Now before I talk about the music I'm going to declare my love for owls. I love owls. Now you may recall that Barnowl had a cassette out on this label earlier this year. Their sound is super dreamy and almost spiritual, with slow tribal percussion and lots of spooky atmospherics. A real deep heady sound, like a trip through a dark mystical forest. The third untitled track gets slightly heavier with its slow, heavy, elongated guitar riffs. Tom Carter's side of this split LP is a single long piece where he and his guitar become one as he grapples with it to produce a whirlwind of feedback, drones and psychedelic madness.

BARN OWL / TOM CARTER - split LP
Newest Blackest Rainbow hot on the heels of some truly killer releases from the artists involved, both who seem to have really pushed there sounds and vibes to new levels this year... Barn Owl's side has been mastered by local jammer Ben Nash, and its three tracks of sparse drone layered with bleak guitar epic-ness, tingling chimes and dark mountainous whispers. The guitars here sound delicate and beautiful, but it remains bleak and empty, if you enjoyed their LP on Not Not Fun then this is a real treat. Tom Carter's 16 minute 'Train Kept' follows pretty damn nicely from his recent 'Shots At Infinity' releases on Important, a far cry from his more psychedelic folk experimentations, here he slashes and riffs like many a legend, and maybe, just maybe, it's a slight tribute to a certain band too? This is a fully wild piece of work. Black sleeves, pasted stark landscape cover, with a insert of liner notes. Limited to 380 copies.

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