Marriage
For Brötzmann [LP; Monofonus Press]

Lord, it’s been such a long time since I had this much fun listening to a record. (Am I allowed to say that as a douchebag critic? I know I am, I know…) It’s no surprise Marriage is full of history, most prominently Dischord’s Black Eyes, the outfit that also sorta birthed that fellow goin’ by the name Ital/Mi Ami. Not that Ital/Mi Ami have anything to do with what’s happening here. For Brötzmann represents the blessed union of “Shut the Door” bass lines and pounding, measured drum attacks, buttressed by bulbous bursts of noisy guitar and swarms of feedback and FX. There’s an emphasis on consistent noise current, and the rare instances of vocals reinforce the heaviness that’s already implied throughout the rest of the record. At times, when it gets right and roused, For Brötzmann is almost too good to be true, positively stomping down its myriad chord changes and fearlessly tattering the corners of taste and convention. I don’t see these as songs. They’re more like experiments that happened to be caught by a discerning engineer. Marriage approach rock with a complete lack of baggage and/or cynicism, such a rare feat in itself the obvious skills of all involved resemble but a bonus. Don’t miss this one, yo their uzi weighs a ton, etc. Three-hundred copies-large.

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