Writhing Squares have been conjuring up cosmic slop from the Philadelphia underground for a few years now,Â mixing growling bass,Â motorikÂ synthesis, andÂ skronkingÂ sax into a heady brew of punk-laced progressiveÂ R'n'R.Â The duo of Daniel Provenzano & Kevin Nickles emerged in 2015 with their self-released "Gemini Blues" 7-nch,Â following it up the next year with their debut album "InÂ TheÂ Void Above" for the renownedÂ SiltbreezeÂ imprint. "Out of The Ether" is their sophomore effort, & first for TroubleÂ InÂ Mind.Â The album consists of 5 tracks of minimal, droning ambience, overtaken at times by Nickles' wailing, saxÂ skronk;Â a mixture of the soulful runs of The Stooges' Steve McKay & the no-wave stabs of James Chance - drum machine,Â and Provenzano's guttural basslines that add an industrial menace to a locked-in groove andÂ lysergiclyÂ introspectiveÂ lyrics. Album closer "A Whole New Jupiter" takes up all of the LP version's side two,Â slingshottingÂ the listener overÂ the event horizon and thru the center of a sonically sculpted black hole, it's relentlessÂ motorikÂ dirge evolving over the course of the track's 19-minute run time into an abstract pulse before lurchingÂ backÂ intoÂ the groove, riding it into the sun.

Tracklist:

Dirt in My Mind's Eye
Steely Eyed Missile Man
Bloodborne Hate and Black Book Mass
I Turned to the Mirror
A Whole New Jupiter

UPC: 630125982822
Label: Trouble In Mind
Release Date: 1.25.19
Format: CD

Writhing Squares - Out of the Ether (CD)