Earth
Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars Live

I have noticed that there are increasingly fewer users on the site who appreciate Drone in general. I try not to get discouraged and I propose to you "Sunn Amps And Smashed Guitars."

A live album by Earth, a seminal musical collective led by Dylan Carlson, the one who initiated Drone Doom in 1990, defining it as "post-Grunge minimalist."

Carlson decided to merge the sounds of the Melvins with those of La Monte Young. And perhaps he succeeded in the attempt.

The album in question was first released in 1995 and included just one long track; then it was remastered and released in 2001 with the addition of some demos.

Of course, do not expect the slow melancholic melodies of the latest records, but something spontaneous and minimalist à la "Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version."

A word to the wise is enough.

A 31-minute rock titled "Ripped On Fascist Ideas" takes center stage: recorded during a concert in London on May 18, 1995 (curiously enough: the day of my birth... I might have been born during the performance of the track; this would explain why I am the way I am!), it slowly pulverizes everything around using just a few thundering low notes (and will continue to thunder even afterward), lubricated by omnipresent nuclear feedback.

Rumor had it that during the performance one of the guitars being played ended up among the audience...

Half an hour that feels like heroin, but the powerful kind that leaves you staring at the ceiling of the abandoned building you’ve holed up in to take your dose for hours. Scenes from "Trainspotting."

As for the demos, we find the earliest versions of some classics from the early Earth era: "Geometry Of Murder" and "German Dental Work."

We come to the main event, a practically catchy track compared to the rest of the tracklist: "Divine And Bright", with special guest Kelly Canary and Kurt Cobain (yes, that Kurt Cobain), who was a great friend of Dylan Carlson, for whom he bought the infamous gun that he allegedly used to commit suicide.

Surely drugs were not missing in those years, Kurt's hyper-relaxed voice goes hand in hand with Kelly's schizoid screams on a track that unusually lasts 3 minutes, melodic but extraordinarily Fuzzy. I find it really calming and psychedelic.

To conclude, a lesser-known "Dissolution 1", with a sinister atmosphere, follows the trail of the aforementioned classics. A small note of demerit to the drum machine used in the demos.

For the first time, I will not give a score, but you can understand on your own what it would be.