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WaterMark Series: The Water Porch Mixtape Playlists

Anyone who knows me, knows that if I haven't made a new mixtape, mix cd or playlist in a couple of weeks, I may be dead in a shallow pond somewhere. In the interest of self and my perpetual, obligatory, neurotic compulsion, here I continue tradition by offering up a list of songs that have chemically bonded themselves to a unified collection for both my and your listening pleasure. These are the songs that inspire me, give cause to reflect upon and generally shake my soul for one reason or another. Some may be familiar to you, some may not. The songs aren't chosen for juxtaposition, nor do they adhere to a particular genre or set of styles. There is no theme, no rules except one: the entire run time will never exceed 1 hour and 20 minutes - the length of a blank cd - the cornerstone of the adjacent millennia. Included is some piece of pop art or internet grit for the purpose of having a cover...because what's any album without its cover art? And an original title, chosen by me for the purpose of unification and distinguishing one collected volume from another. And always remember: MAXIMUM VOLUME YIELDS MAXIMUM RESULTS.

Enjoy ~ WP

Vol. 1 - Time Is Not Unlike The Limbs

 

Tracklist:

1. Bryan Tyler - Falling Into A Dream (From The Far Cry 3 OST)

2. Boris - You Were Holding An Umbrella

3. Royal Thunder - Forget You

4. Trap Them - Scars Align

5. Every Time I Die - Moor

6. Ladder Devils - Get OK

7. Nirvana - Scentless Apprentice

8. Paramore - Part II

9. Our Lady Peace - All For You

10. Our Lady Peace - Do You Like It?

11. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Dear Candy

12. The Sword - Apocryphon

13. Salome - Master Failure

14. Taking Back Sunday - One-Eighty By Summer

15. Peste Noire - La Mesniee Mordrissoire

16. Pinhead Gunpowder - Life During War Time

17. Thou - A Prayer To God

18. Paramore - Oh, Star

All Pigs Must Die - Curse Of Humanity 7"

Since my friends first told me about APMD, I've been a fanatic. Ordering every release, tee shirt with cover art, etc. Now this delayed single of the God Is War track "Extinction Is Ours" w/b-side (that was supposed to precede God Is War LP) is finally out... and the extra track is sick as a leper with the rickets. Since they now have sold out of these little gems, I'm putting the b-side up here, "Curse Of Humanity." I hope you all enjoy it as much as I have.

Never stop listening. Never turn the volume down.

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Blind Date Records - Clone Compilation Volume One

This is the first volume of the Blind Date Record series Clone Comp: Play Slow. Die Fast. The opening track features Salome's cover of a Fugazi song "Blueprint," which is nothing short of spectacular. The audio here is ripped directly from my personal vinyl, and of course, the Salome track has a bit of a puff in the silent part of the pre-bridge. But its all good, as there is really no other digital version of this song available (short of the youtube version I uploaded a while back). The rest of the songs on here are for your own personal interpretation; I really enjoyed this series so far, even the less amazing contributions. But if you don't like Salome here, there is no hope for you.

More volumes to come!

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Twenty Matchboxes (or How I Spent My Entire Year Listening To Sad & Angry Shit)

This is another incantation of my yearly favorite releases list. This includes full-lengths, singles, EP's, splits and compilations. If you have a problem with that, note that I used the term "favorite releases." Not "albums." Enjoy! \m/

1. Thou/Cower split - War Is The Force That Gives Us Meaning: A Two Part Analysis Of Personal And Inter-Personal Conflict

2. All Pigs Must Die - God Is War
3. Boris with Merzbow - Klatter
4. False - Untitled
5. The Body - Anthology Compilation CD
6. Ash Borer - Ash Borer (2011)
7. Moloch - Possession
8. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See
9. Barghest - Barghest (2011) *see also: Bargest - Obscureasfuck
10. Northless - Clandestine Abuse
11. Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
12. Megaton Leviathan - Repeating Patterns Of Love cassette
13. Russian Circles - Empros
14. Shining - VII Född förlorare (Born Loser)
15. Thou - To The Chaos Wizard Youth EP
16. Wolves In The Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
17. The Body/Whitehorse split 7"
18. Thou - The Archer & The Owle EP
19. Peste Noire - L'Ordure a l'etat Pur
20. Altar Of Plagues - Mammal


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HusH Teaser Flyer 2011

Moloch / Corpus Dei Split 7"

This is the vinyl rip of the Moloch/Corpus Dei Split 7" 45rpm. This was the first time I had heard Corpus Dei and I'm quite impressed. They have an energy that portrays a more up-tempo exhibition, which provides a good contrast to Moloch's more labored, sloth-like song crawl. Moloch's single track on this contribution is nothing short of haunting, featuring their all-too-familiar audio monologue introduction to the song that helps guide the listener into the exploration of the theme (which is quite obvious by the beginning of the actual music). All of this is extremely effective, which is something Moloch has developed pretty well, as far as brilliance of song presentation. I think fans of either band will find this release remarkable and relevant, if not something completely fresh from the various worlds of heavy music. Enjoy!

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Cower - Act I: Burn The Banks [from War Is The Force That Gives Us Meaning: A Two Part Analysis Of Personal And Inter-Personal Conflict]

Of all the releases set for this year from Thou, the split with Cower was the one I never really saw coming. Even once Thou's .rars went online (and by event, on my iPod), my more frequent jams were selections from the perfect To The Chaos Wizard Youth, a Baton Rouge You Have Much To Answer For doppelganger and The Archer & The Owle EP which collects various previously recorded tracks including an ungodly, awe-inspiring take on Nirvana's Something In The Way. Truthfully, the first thing I really even actually liked about Cower...was Thou's cover of Get Me Out on their side.

With that said...

This music inspires raw, addicting emotional response from within. To be sure, I've tested it beyond the confines of my room, as it has mostly spun endlessly on my turntable since I first received my copy in the mail. A circumstance due in some part to the fact that my notebook PC has ceased to function, and therefore, hindering my ability to continue to rip my vinyl and cassettes. There are several other notebook PCs in the house, but all belong to someone else...my father.

So I here I sit in my father's chair, on my father's laptop because Cower, particularly this batch of song-ery, was so damn important to me that I hi-jacked the com, broke my personal rule about not downloading even iTunes on this thing and took the 21st century audiophile culture by the balls. So two software-installs and 2 1/2 attempts at actually recording the fucker to rip later, we're bakin'. Cos by this point, frankly, I'm sick of listening to this awesomeness in my little room, by myself. Certain music sounds better alone. Like drone. But this is -mostly- not very drone-y, so the desire to test it on other human subjects increases upon repeated listens in solitude. Who better to level with than other metal/vinyl enthusiasts that I know personally?

Responses were enthusiastic and positive, leading to inquiries about CDs and Mp3s, so naturally it became a priority to get digital. So far as I know, this is the only digital copy of it yet to surface. And I'm pretty ok with the quality of the rip here. Mainly because any Cower song sounds good dirty, dried and cracking out of shitty speakers just as well as your car stereo system personally pimpin'stalled by Xzibit. Not as great as the masters, to be sure. But I don't have those.

What I do have is the gorgeous red vinyl and beautiful layout of artwork that came with this wonderous array of lavish hardcore, punctuated with jedi-smooth execution of virtually any brand of rock-metal-riffery that either steers the piece into Tazmanian orgies of snare-hat yadayada or cuts the umbilical and intravenous flows so that the breathing becomes a death-rattle-heavy, labored series of aspirations. When paying attention to the often solidly stated lines, the goal of the erratic musical phrasing here becomes obvious: a clever, but also comfortable mise en scene for each attitude change as vocalist Jakob Enger spits and sings his chosen word about abandonment of homestead, disatisfaction of self-abusing work ethic and pretty much anything else you can be pissed off about.

Now, part of my point in boasting my acquisition of the record is that by this time, most of the copies have sold. And if they're sittin stale anywhere, hopefully they wont be for long after people who didn't show up for Thou hear what Cower put on the other side. Both bands murder their peers, patrons and by-standers at every turn. Here's Act I. Enjoy.

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Barghest - [2011] - Cassette Tape Rip

I had searched for a downloadable version of this band since I heard of it's inception. After a period of time I gave up (since I was awaiting delivery of my ohttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifwn cassette anyhow) and so I did not notice the very small number of rips available until after I had ripped it myself. However, this was done by my hand and the Hand of Water Porch is absolute.

Enjoy what is probably some of the best black metal I've heard. You've heard. We've heard. We've heard it all.

But never like this.

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