VCV - VCV

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4...according to our Ant on Fri 16 Nov, 2007.

Also on Second Sun is a self titled CD by VCV which treads far bleaker terrain. VCV are the duo of David Tagg and Brian Grainger (Milieu). For this project they use guitar and bass to create some heavy, evil sounding doom. The sound of ice cold winds blowing through a dark forest. It's great to hear this side of these artists. The drones build and build and there's layers of distortion which is not unlike Sunn O))). Who'd have thought it eh? Ambient guys turn into blood drinking goat sacrificers. This is very beautifully packaged and comes in a black paper bag.

The band's "single" (as they refer to it) offers three longform tracks that sonically reach a little closer to home than 3753 Cruithne. Subtle nuances and intricate micro-melodies are buried under humming, monolithic drones, only to flow free of time and space, like a cosmic magma, warping your plain of existence and making you melt in the craters it leaves behind. Also worth noting here is the fact that all three tracks on VCV were done with the duo swapping bass and guitar playing duties, so the result is a much thicker, heavier sound.

Tracklist

01. Valley Drone
02. Crater Drone
03. Volcanic Drone

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