Bridget Hayden - Untitled

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4...according to our Phil on Thu 22 Oct, 2009.

Bridget Hayden has been making music for a while as past members of The Telescopes and Vibracathedral Orchestra. Untitled is her first CD in 2 years and it was recorded at a pub in Manchester while she was touring with Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards, GHQ, Hototogisu etc). So there's the facts! The CD is 25 minutes of abrasive guitar and some light moaning in the background. Just like a nice Friday night at home then you're thinking? It's harsh sounding stuff and it's what I thought Dead C used to sound like.... Proper metallic sounding intense guitar noise.... There's rhythms going on in there but you've got to get sucked into it to get them. It's not an easy release at all but once you do get into it I suspect it's an enormously fulfilling one!

Recorded at The Bowling Green pub in Manchester on 17th November 2008, when Bridget was on tour with Marcia Bassett, this is a maximal 25-minute set of epic guitar brutalising and deep, moaned vocal incantations. Employing a bow and 'metal' effects pedals, the resulting cacophony is orchestral in scope, rendering almost unreliable the memory of one woman and her instrument. Somewhat akin to Bassett's duo with Matthew Bower, Hototogisu, the deeply layered tones created by Hayden offer, upon first exposure, a somewhat icy auditory experience, but as the recording settles in, the richness and sheer breadth of sound wraps around you like a feather quilt and shifts your perception almost 180 degrees. A truly magnificent set from this former Vibracathedral Orchestra member that cements her reputation as far more than that alone.

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