81. Howling Hex – Album Review

The Howling Hex – Earth Junk

Jumping onto a merry-go-round whilst it’s spinning, hearing the second half of a complicated yet intriguing anecdote, and arriving alone at a strangers party 2 hours late – are all scenarios that this album muster.

Its unrelenting waves of discord and unhinged brilliance are ambivalent to say the least. Pouting vocals recant all manner of distant and disconnected topics, whilst Guitar, synth and Hammond organ hover around that grey area between hypnotic and monotonous.

The maelstrom that they’ve created is hard to swallow at times yet it’s strangely alluring. Neil Hagerty is a man who documents on his website – ‘Stuff the wind carried into my yard’. If that gives you an idea of how this album might sound and you dig that, then come in, the water is warm although full of litter.

Adam Adshead

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