The Red Light Girls/Amer — Split
First up we have The Red Light Girls which brings together Richard Ramirez(Black Leather Jesus, Werewolf Jerusalem & numerous other projects), Sean E. Matzus (theNIGHTproduct, [Untitled], Black Leather Jesus) and Zach Guttowsky(Folter, Glasgow Smile & Black Leather Jesus)- the project are normally a three piece, but for this release their helped by Chanel Garcia. This is the project's debut release, and it finds them offering up a track entitled “The Gritty Streets Of New York City”, which comes in at the 15.30 mark. The tracks is built around a consistent mid-paced billowing/rumbling crusty back drone, and this is met by this wavering ‘n’ distant repetitive metallic like clunking almost semi-harmonic tone. The first element remains pretty much fixed through-out the tracks runtime, but the second element seems to be undulating & almost sway in a most sleazed yet entrancing manner. Also as the track progresses there seems to be jittering smaller static like runs added into the ‘wall’, but I’m not sure if these are really here or there just an illusion of the ‘wall’. In it’s last few minutes it dips down to a roasting gallop.
Track number two is from Amer(aka Robert Newsome of White Gimp Mask, Piss Gag, Four Files & Black Leather Jesus). The track on offer here is entitled “Walking Into Town”, and this 14.28 minute track opens with a very 70’s soundtrack sounding buoyant brass ‘n’ strings sample, which you could imagine been on a late 70’s/ early 80’s soft-core movie. With-in a minute or so we’ve dropped into the ‘wall’ which is based on a deep ‘n’ crushing constant rumbling bass roast, and this is played over by a juddering almost tin-can-in-wind type texture. This track seems a little more fixed than the first track, but it’s no less appealing or brutal.
So this split offers-up two consistent, entrancing & often sleazed slices of walled noise that very much conjure up a vibe of brutal 70’s & early 80’s American grind house movies. I very much look forward to hearing more from both of these projects in the future.