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Methridge

by Cousins of Reggae

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Galloping ghosts --> The veil 11:59
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Throwing rocks at cars 04:05
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A match made on meth ridge 06:55
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Stan down 03:17
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Ho yolk 04:07
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You can do it to me and I can do it to you 06:08
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The edge of the babysitter 03:20
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Droppin out 04:01
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Recorded live

"First ever non-Mouthus related release on the private Our Mouth press comes from these Montreal-based destructo rockers who grind the edges of form with teeth as shaven as Harry Pussy, early Royal Trux, The Shaggs and Nautical Almanac. The kind of deliriously free rock the feels so caught up in the tradition thats its perpetually ten years ahead. And not a whiff of skank in sight. Limited to 100 copies. Recommended."
- Volcanic Tongue, Scotland

"I love this record! Alright, I don’t love it yet, and in fact find it a bit of an exhausting listen and don’t always finish it. But then I keep finding myself wanting to listen again and enjoying it more each time. An addictive acquired taste! I had the same kind of experience way back when with Big Black’s “Songs About Fucking” which seemed pretty sonically extreme to me at the time.

Cousins of Reggae is a duo from Montreal, one of whom is Blake Hargreaves, a guy who keeps busy in the underground noise scene and is also half of the excellent noise duo Dreamcatcher. This is basically a guitar and drums thing, but a seriously dense and blown out cacophony of drums and guitar, and a whole bunch of sounds that come from sources unknown. There are even unintelligible vocals in the mix. I’d say this falls somewhere between Royal Trux’s “Twin Infinitives” and the noisiest Harry Pussy stuff.

I think what keeps me coming back to this is that there seems to be some deep logic underlying all the squall, but it’s hard to decipher. Now and then you get a definite guitar riff of the caveman/early Royal Trux type or an almost math-rocky rhythm, but any coherent music usually disappears into the sonic blizzard. I feel like if I keep staring, a master plan is going to pop out at me like those 3-D fractal posters. How much of this is really planned and practiced, how much is just free improv, and how much is a figment of my imagination? Cousins of Reggae definitely blur those lines, but that’s what makes this album so much fun. And it’s one hellacious racket."
-No Core, USA

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released November 1, 2005

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