Built on a Weak Spot

A couple or so years ago singer/guitarist Scott Evans of Kowloon Walled City passed along to me the bands debut EP Turk Street and looking back on it he must have had an idea as to whom he was sending it to because it was very much within my tastes. Unsurprisingly the music stuck with me and I’ve sporadically kept tabs (or really the powers of social networking sites have) on them since. I was pleased to learn that their new album Gambling on the Richter Scale would be coming out on Perpetual Motion Machine, as they’ve done some nice work and housed plenty of bands I consider myself a fan of. But anyway, moving on to the actual record…

Gambling on the Richter Scale is the bands first full-length and it really picks up where their EP left off with eight more tracks of quality sludgy bottom heavy noise-rock. The songwriting has taken a step forward for certain by stepping back from the complete onslaught of filthy noise and interjecting some pretty catchy riffs here and there making for some songs that take on a bit of a different sound and in turn dashing any concerns of predictability that one might have. The band seems to have finely tuned their craft and it has translated well onto a full-length record. At various times Gambling on the Richter Scale reminds me of Shallow North Dakota, more specifically their album Mob Wheel which stirs up a similar set of sludgy of noise. However, if you’re a fan of this sort of deal…then you certainly can’t miss out on this and really there is no reason to as the band currently offers up the album for free download on their website. So yeah, by all means give it a go.

Kowloon Walled City – Clockwork [MP3]

The album is available currently through Perpetual Motion Machine on vinyl that also comes with a CD of the tunes as well. However, as I mentioned before…the band has been gracious enough to put the whole album up for download on their website for those that want to hear more first. Enjoy!

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