Goslings - Grandeur of Hair...

I’ll come clean; I wasn’t totally sold on the Goslings at first when I listened to them sometime last year. I thought their music was intriguing, however I never spent enough time with it. Now, here in 2006 I’ve finally opened my ears up to their newest release Grandeur of Hair which has been put out through the amazing label aRCHIVE.

Much like last year when I heard the Boris/Merzbow collaboration of 04092001, Grandeur of Hair hit me like a fucking freight train. Immediately on the first track “Own a Car”, they lay into you with an obscene amount of fuzz and distortion that is poured on thick. It’s some of the heaviest and most overblown crunching guitar abuse I’ve ever had a chance to hear. Sure, there might be something out there that out does this, but for now this has my full attention. Underneath all that distortion and noise is where the Goslings do some of their most impressive work. They pull off the difficult task of making something so incredibly abrasive to start with and mold it into a giant warbling ball of beautiful blissful noise. I know, it sounds absolutely absurd, but it’s true. Listen and don’t just do it for a few seconds.

Interestingly enough all of this comes from just a husband and wife duo from Florida, whom after a few hard to obtain CD-R releases have seen the majority of their output re-released this year, which is great. I highly suggest picking those up, as I know I will be going back and trying to get anything I can by these two. They are simply amazing.

Goslings – Own a Car [MP3]
Goslings – Golden Stair [MP3]

For anyone looking to purchase Grandeur of Hair or basically any other of their releases that are still available, head on over to Aquarius Records.