King Bong - PINNG (2014)
If a band is going to invoke the name
of Cthulhu, they're setting themselves up for some gargantuan shoes
to fill, so to speak. It calls for doom on an apocalyptic level, and
swirls so psychedelic as to make you genuinely worry about the
musicians' mental health. On King Bong's latest outing, PINNG,
Or, The Underwater Adventures Of A Young Cthulhu,
they bring the doom in first, and in a respectful volume: the whole
album is one 36-minute elephant of a track, one which starts out slow
but builds more and more momentum, picking up speed so it can run you
over and into the ground.
They
take their time getting to the psychotic side of things, making sure
to lay down a recognizable foundation while leaks of guitar overload
creep in around the edges of the measures. Like the intensity of the
doom, these traces are developed into big, sinister flares of
feedback, galvanizing the rest of the song into wilder animation.
It's
not quite brain-melting madness, but as the title says, these are the
adventures of a young Cthulhu, not an old one with the fun drained
out of his system by aeons under the waves. If you're in the mood
for a toothsome, tentacular head-trip, do yourself a favor and give
PINNG a listen ASAP;
the stars are right!
~ Gabriel
~ Gabriel
For
Fans Of; Dopethrone, Machine Head, Celophys, Bongripper, Fleshpress
~
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