Happy 4th! / Shallow North Dakota...
Hope everyone has a good 4th of July; I did most of my celebrating earlier this evening, or yesterday depending when people read this. I managed to see a pretty good fireworks display which I haven’t done for a couple years or so since our town decided to not have one during that period of time. Other than that, didn’t do a whole lot. Won’t be doing anything tomorrow most likely either since everyone will have to drag themselves to work the next day. Anyway, I hope for those having festivities today that you have a good one.
Getting back into the noisier side of things, I am posting today about the great Hamilton, Ontario outfit Shallow North Dakota. SND have been around since 1992 and since that time have released three very fine albums. Their first couple albums, Auto Body Crusher in 1995 and This Apparatus Must Be Earthed in 1997, are both albums that probably shouldn’t go overlooked for anyone that is into filthy and low-end heavy noise-rock in the area of Unsane, etc. While the band was more active in their earlier years, they sort of dropped off the face of the earth for a few years or so before finally resurfacing in 2004 with their album Mob Wheel. The album was put out by the band members themselves as a vinyl only release. I think their since has been a CD release of the album. Regardless, Mob Wheel saw the band taking on a whole different approach. Instead of the practically cut throat quick blasts of low-end distortion that filled their previous two albums, the band decidedly took their sound in very Melvins-esque territory. With a slight crawl to their music, the band crunches through seven songs that pretty much destroy.
Auto Body Crusher:
Shallow North Dakota – Open Minded [MP3]
Shallow North Dakota – Target [MP3]
This Apparatus Must Be Earthed:
Shallow North Dakota – Greenhorn [MP3]
Shallow North Dakota – Speed King [MP3]
Mob Wheel:
Shallow North Dakota – Mustache Rock [MP3]
If you dig the tunes above, This Apparatus Must Be Earthed and Mob Wheel can both be purchased still from Sonic Unyon.
Getting back into the noisier side of things, I am posting today about the great Hamilton, Ontario outfit Shallow North Dakota. SND have been around since 1992 and since that time have released three very fine albums. Their first couple albums, Auto Body Crusher in 1995 and This Apparatus Must Be Earthed in 1997, are both albums that probably shouldn’t go overlooked for anyone that is into filthy and low-end heavy noise-rock in the area of Unsane, etc. While the band was more active in their earlier years, they sort of dropped off the face of the earth for a few years or so before finally resurfacing in 2004 with their album Mob Wheel. The album was put out by the band members themselves as a vinyl only release. I think their since has been a CD release of the album. Regardless, Mob Wheel saw the band taking on a whole different approach. Instead of the practically cut throat quick blasts of low-end distortion that filled their previous two albums, the band decidedly took their sound in very Melvins-esque territory. With a slight crawl to their music, the band crunches through seven songs that pretty much destroy.
Auto Body Crusher:
Shallow North Dakota – Open Minded [MP3]
Shallow North Dakota – Target [MP3]
This Apparatus Must Be Earthed:
Shallow North Dakota – Greenhorn [MP3]
Shallow North Dakota – Speed King [MP3]
Mob Wheel:
Shallow North Dakota – Mustache Rock [MP3]
If you dig the tunes above, This Apparatus Must Be Earthed and Mob Wheel can both be purchased still from Sonic Unyon.
Labels: noise-rock
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