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Since, Mouthus has released three albums on three different labels, as well as four EPs and collaborations on the band's own CD-R imprint, Our Mouth. But their latest, The Long Salt, was released on Massachusetts' Important Records, and it's the duo's darkest so far, heavy distortion wrapped around crashing rhythms and spooky moans. But even at its gloomiest, as in the grinding "What Knife Say" or the sputtering "Ghetto Stairs," the album always offers the crucial beat.
The same is true of both Yellow Swans and Mouthus when witnessed live. Even if [Pete Swanson] isn't attack-ing his drum machine or [Nate Nelson] isn't rattling his kit, both bands generate big waves of sound that crest and fall to the beat of an internal clock You may not nod your head or pump your fist, but you'll likely be moved by a magnetic, unseen rhythm. -Marc MastersSee the full content of this document
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Yellow Swans & Mouthus
Noise music may never be easy to listen to, but at least it's more accessible when it has a beat. Still, lazy rhythms can drag down the densest walls of so...
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