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IsomerSerpent Age Tesco Distribution This curious recording would best be summed up as a noise album. Its tracks contain little actual music, but rather consist of bizarre (at times almost unnerving) soundscapes. Most of the entries on it are fairly long (all but one are over six-and-a-half minutes in length), with the opening Star Of Sarajevo the longest at nearly twelve minutes. A rather repetitive and very eerie track punctuated throughout by electronic zips and zaps, this piece evokes images of otherworldly desolation, as does the following Omphalos, which is nearly as long and is enlivened somewhat in its later sections by strange, lightning-like crashes. A markedly different piece is The Sun Shall Reign; set against a constant background crackle and conveying a sense of impending doom for much of its length, it features lots of whoops, as well as people screaming, shouting and uttering weird chants at various points. Even more imposing is the closing track, the positively apocalyptic Oriflamme, while the eerily beautiful Every Man A Star is different again, skillfully using electronic sounds to create a picture of a restless ocean, with crashing waves and a constant background swell. 'Serpent Age' is certainly unusual, and while it will probably take a few listens to really get into it, the effort is well worth it. If you're looking for something that will really take you to another world, this is the album to do it.  |
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