Big Hole — Dread
The release comes in a clear plastic slip sleeve which takes a two monochrome sleeves- the front cover features a stark picture of telephone pole lined landscape, and on the back we get the albums track listing/ credits in lo-fi type writer font.
The single track here starts with a dialogue sample, with someone talking about dread been all about sustaining a note. Then we are into the ‘wall’ which is a rapidly paced yet fairly structurally firm ‘wall’ that brings together several layers of chugging stream like static, which is underfed by a ‘rolling over boards’ background juddering texture. The whole thing brings to mind a steam train rushing non-stop on & on down a track- on the whole it’s a lively & engrossing enough wall, though I’m not sure it really brings to mind dread( well not for me anyway).
So in summing up what we have here is a rapid yet firm bit of wall-making which comes in at a mid length runtime wise- the texture used & their setting are appealing enough, through there nothing very original about it. All in all an acceptable, though not particularly special release from Big Hole