Alright, story time!!
Earlier this month, I was given the project ‘mixed affective state’ to fuck with and let’s just say I agreed NOT to review it because as far as experimental projects went, I felt this was weak and could be amplified a lot better.
And so, the artist in question went back into the lab and decided to unleash his most ambitious and creatively broken project to date! This is the point we are in now and oh boy, strap in because ain’t nobody ready for this one!
This is the latest album by producer DJ Krooked/Oddity Odyssey with 18 in all and this thing is the definition of MONSTROUS.
Now I’m gonna present this review a bit differently and not give away the sounds and aesthetics of the record but rather describe it in a non-spoiler way for the fans at home to get excited over and pique their interest for a listen themselves!
This thing is a fucking noise-filled juggernaut of a listen. I’m talking absolutely brash, broken, brazen and brutal all in one. It’s an unforgettable listen that will be carved into your memory for the rest of time.
This project feels like the universe gained consciousness and decided to flip you off and project every frustration and emotion specifically to you personally!
Imagine an album where noise comes to die. Where sound itself is swallowed, amplified and enhanced into such a sadistic state that you’re left staring face to face with an entity that’s not human, nor alive, nor dead but existing in dead space waiting for its next victims.
I ain’t exaggerating when I write this either, this record is beyond comprehension. DJ Krooked and his alter ego have finally reached that level of peak insight and knowledge into himself and his deepest, blackest void and used that to create this record.
For people who are fans of projects like Swans, Clipping, Xiu-Xiu, Death Grips and more this would be the project for you!
It’s unforgiving. It’s an experience that will trap you in its orbit for the duration of the record and FORCE YOU TO STAY, no matter what is going on around you; this will ALWAYS take centre stage. The forces within are too strong to deny, and as mentioned above, once you listen once, you will never be able to forget it.
I test all of you reading this to peep this record out with the link below! Open yourselves up to a lifetime of awakening and consumption of pure organic matter that is aimed straight at your soul!
https://krooked.bandcamp.com/album/swan-songs
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