Blanche Blanche Blanche - Wooden Ball LP xx1980 melodic to the point of

melodic to the point of permanent earworm

2021 reissue of the duo's 1998 LP

but her raw nerves

where the listener is cast at a center of a lucid nightmare and made the subject of an unrelenting sensorial assault of complete aural humiliation in which suffocating crawling tempos

together with tar-laden Sludge passages and a clear tip of the hat to bands such as Autopsy

Blanche Blanche Blanche - Wooden Ball LP xx1980 melodic to the point ofBlanche Blanche Blanche are a high kitsch, hyper condensed tascam 4 track take on experimental pop operas of Robert Ashley, 'Blue' Gene Tyranny and Elodie Lauten. I swear this one could appeal to fans of things as different as Memphis rock 'n' roll decontructors (Tav Falco, Alex Chilton, The Klitz), Suckdog, Jan Terri, Blue Suede Platforms, Wire Mag readers and or John Waters obsessives. I've gotta track down more music by Sarah Smith and Zach