You need to listen to the brutal oppression I’ve seen and everything I want to see

There are only a few albums that I think are truly scary. You won’t get what you want By Girls and Swans Be kind Both immediately come to mind. But those records come with… Let’s say, luggage. I’ve seen everything I need to See It lacks some atmospheric horror Be kind Flashes of threat emanate You won’t get what you want, But he makes up for it with relentless brutality. It’s not the soundtrack to a horror movie, it’s the most violent scene in the bleakest horror movie, presented in the form of exploding drums and disjointed guitar.

The album begins with a reading by Douglas Dunn kaleidoscope, A poem about being stuck in a cycle of sadness, in which sparse drums beat unrhythmically alongside bursts of noise and a low metallic drone. As it transitions into the distant scream of singer/guitarist Chip King, “A Lament” kicks in fits and starts as it struggles to fly.

This sets the tone for the record, which is less a collection of songs than an uncompromising monolith created in homage to the power of distortion. And here I admit, I’ve seen everything I need to See It won’t be for everyone. It’s largely out of tune, the riffs can blend into each other, and even when the drums accelerate beyond funeral, the songs feel ponderous, as if the band is trying to play their way out of a morass.

This doesn’t mean there aren’t moments of catharsis to be found. The city was bombed In particular, it explodes toward its back end as King’s vocals become a goblin croak over piano strings, providing one of the few moments of true melody (even if it’s buried under a skyscraper of fuzz).

Although it is only 38 minutes long, sometimes, I’ve seen everything I want to see It can feel like an endurance exercise. But, like the marathon, that doesn’t mean it’s not worth enduring. There is beauty in its brutality. It’s haunting and sinister in the way that, like, Return it He is. Good art is not necessarily fun art.

If you’re looking for a record that evokes a horror movie vibe without going campy. Something that looks really dangerous and scary, and not just some sort of, body horror I’ve seen everything I want to see It is what you are looking for. The record is available at bandcamp And most streaming services, incl Apple music, Tides, Deezer, YouTube Musicand Spotify.