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Another batch of rather ludicrously tasty Blackest Rainbow vinyl is bestowed upon us and I got a sweet Bong/ Quttinirpaaq split LP. Man the Bong side so makes me wanna smoke a bowl. I cannot smoke weed in the house these days though cuz I got two kids and doing so would probably be deemed as socially unacceptable. I think I should be allowed to get stoned with them and have the boy roll me giant spliffs. When they do my head in I can blow smoke at them to keep them quiet. Giving weed to kids should be totally allowed. It's good for them, it helps them relax, have fun, eat all their dinner and sleep well... hehe..So like anyway... Bong belt out some heavy psychedelic mantra's with touches of eastern flavour. The drumming is pretty heavy on the crash action which is always good. Brett is thinking of a slightly heavier Grails. The Quttinirpaaq side is kinda doom/ sludge stoner rock which at times reminds me of 'Boris'/ 'Lysol' era Melvins which can only be a good thing. Slow and heavy shit just how I like it.Bong are Newcastle's finest doom stoner band, as you'd expect you got distant vocals, totally wild psych guitar, heavy solid drums, but the thing with Bong that gives them a totally different vibe from all the weak band is they got a damn sitar in there, and it sounds so damn killer. On the flip we got a slice of Quttinirpaaq, we released a CDR by this dude last year to some damn good reviews, its hard to understand how so few people know this dude. It's basically the one man band of Texan Matt Turner who definitely doesn't bust out the Texas blues or country styles... this isn't no straight up doom though, opening with totally weirdo keys and feedback, with what sounds like some droning vocals and bizarre clicks, this is pretty out there. That is until three minutes in when Matt plugs in and then trashes a drum kit, whilst all this other crazy shit is going on. This is a fucking killer act, as far as I am concerned this is genius, not like any other drone doom vibes going on out there right now. Limited to 300 copies.
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