still sealed - Isolationism was the term used in describing the brooding, post-industrial music of bands like Scorn that was emanating out of England in the early '90s. Not a bad descriptor given the throbbing drum'n'bass lines overlaid by atonal electronic washes and the remote, disaffected vocals and unsettling sampled voices. A duo consisting of Mike Harris and Nicholas James Bullen, Scorn built thick, slab-like layers of sludgy sound, a viscous current kicked along by steady, if plodding, drums. Darkness is decidedly the order of the day. That said, the Harris/Bullen team creates a number of fascinating textures along the way like the ragged, clockwork fabric of "The Sky Is Loaded" or the loopy strains of "White Irises Blind."
A1 | Endless |
A2 | Beyond |
A3 | Crimson Seed |
A4 | Sunstroke |
B1 | Nothing, Hunger |
B2 | Scorpionic |
B3 | White Irisis Blind |
B4 | Nights Ash Black |