Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Francis Harold and the Holograms

Blown out, detuned and lysergically vertiginous - Francis Harold and the Holograms was the other thing I took a chance on at Reckless yesterday and it has to be the farthest thing I could have discovered from Angel Olsen.  

Hozac put their first full length and the called it "by far the most brutal and unsettling Hozac release to date," and I have to trust their self examination because this third and final record feels truly diseased.  It is just utter madness.  I don't think I will ever fully trust that I know what speed it should be played at.    

It could be a the soundtrack to a trippy cult snuff film.  When the clerk handed me the vinyl to inspect, I was startled to see this drawing of a wolf and a lamb staring back at me.  "Maybe I should take this as a warning and be a little more scared," I joked.  

Turns out the joke was on me.  This is truly dark and dangerous noise and if I start to listen to this often then I fear for my sanity.   Francis Harold is the wolf, you are the lamb.  Do not expect to be spared. 
 

Video Disease Records says that the group willfully destroyed their equipment as they recorded this.  

Perhaps that is good for the safety of us all.  

Do you think you can handle it? 

Well a link to a free download can be found HERE

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