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The latest release from RK is a bonged out attack on the senses. Well not so much an attack more like a hearty scuffle on the senses. They are a four piece from Brooklyn jam band that sound a bit like Wooden Shjipps or however you spell it. They draw out passages of songs to great effect. They sound like they recorded this under the influence of some sweet chong, though it wouldn't surprise me if they were all teetotal new age Veggie food eating fucks that don't touch "the stuff". They probably do there partying on stage, not in the practice room gathered round a bong. Anyway this collection of songs will make you want to get dead high and melt into the chair. It starts of with an atmospheric keyboard swell then mooches on from there. It has ghostly vocals, louche sounding drums rhythms and mucho wa waa (this isn't Ewok speak I mean Wah Wah guitar pedals...like the ones Hendrix used!!). All the tracks seem to last longer than time in a good way. You an easily get lost in the Religious Knives. They have made a sweet record and if you like your music hemp filled this puppies for you. Comes with a free subscription to "Underpants Monthly". Wonderful stuff.
For fans of The Doors, Wooden Shjips, Can, Faust. Previous Album on Ecstatic Peace. Art for the LP version is hand silk screened. The core duo of Michael Bernstein (guitar, synth, vox) and Maya Miller (organ, vox) began their careers together as the extreme noise act, Double Leopards. By 2005, they had left the industrial noise realm for the somewhat mellower pastures of Kraut explorations. Their last album on Ecstatic Peace was highly acclaimed and co-produced by label owner Thurston Moore. This new long-player is in a similar vein--long, drawn-out and sprawling; the shortest song is just shy of the five minute mark. Pulse-like repetition and reed-organ oscillations are the main framework as the duo are joined here by Todd Cavallo on bass and Ryan Nadieau on drums. Like SB label-mates Moon Duo, or the recent signings of Chilean artist Follakzoid and The Holydrug Couple, Religious Knives draw from a well of pounding rhythmic drums and psychedelic drones with heavy organ and synth landscapes which envelope the listener fully. The Knives also have previous releases on No Fun and Troubleman Unlimited.
The Message, Paper Thin, Big Police, Garbage Can, Private Air, You Walk, Chill Haze, Smokescreen
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