Violent Party: Signals from Outer Space 12″

Description

‘Signals from Outer Space’ is Violent Party’s second album. Featuring six tracks of absolute dissonance and leaving the guitar behind, Violent Party push their sound to a new extreme. Blending classic hardcore punk and steganographic signals into a circuit bent nightmare, this album is unlike anything you’ve ever heard before or may ever hear again.

Our take: Latest record from this Portland noise-punk band who has been releasing records since 2011.Violent Party dont seem to have much connection to the more well-known crust / hardcore scene in Portland despite having a lot in common with some of those bands, particularly Lebenden Toten, who push at the edges of the noise-punk style in similar ways. Rather than injecting noise-punk with psychedelic space rock like LTs most recent record, though, Violent Party seem to be moving in a noise / power electronics direction, jettisoning the guitar for this recording. While that sounds like a radical decision for a noise-punk band, it doesnt make a ton of difference to their sound, as they still follow the standard noise-punk format of having 3/4 of the band (drums, bass, and vocals) sound like a ripping hardcore band while the remaining 1/4 makes screeching, high-pitched noise over top. The noises here feel more interesting, presumably because theyre made with more appropriate tools than a guitar. I hear some feedback-drenched samples and what sounds like manual manipulation of phaser effects, which gives Signals from Outer Space more texture than your typical noise-punk record. Its still a deep heads only type of thing, though it’s worth checking out ifyou are more progressive and open minded rather than a purist.