Nate Young: Blinding Confusion LP (NNA Tapes, 2013)
July 6, 2013 at 11:29 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment
Nate Young: Blinding Confusion
Nate Young of Wolf Eyes continues his
Regression series, moving further away from the noise and industrial that Wolf Eyes fans might know him best for, and even going beyond the more spacious minimal noise of Stare Case and recent Wolf Eyes. There’s a peculiar stillness here; at times it almost feels like the soundtrack to a not-particularly-exciting RPG or fantasy-type movie. That’s not meant as a knock, though, as there’s some interesting textures here. “Beneath The Mist” is a little closer to what you might expect from his recent group work; it’s instrumental, and only 2 minutes long, but there’s some quietly knocking electronic percussion and some briefly fizzling-out noises. “When Nothing Works” begins with tension-heavy feedback, then switches to thundering echo and arpeggiating synth. “Only Fallen Heads” has a warm melody with warped, decaying textures underneath. “Escape With Nothing” and “Between” are both shorter musique concrete-like pieces. “Escape With Nothing” ends with some clanging sounds and explosions, and “Between” has a warm, pastoral sound which sounds like it’s going to turn into a melody, but it gets cut out by buzzing sounds. “The Bastards Gums” is the most recognizably melodic and rhythmic piece here, bobbing melancholy synths on top of a steady click and being attacked by thin, swooping sound waves.
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