In recent weeks, Vital Weekly has seen many releases by Inner Demons Records from Florida. The reason is that when they release a batch, they release a batch. This time, I received around 20 3″ CDs and a few 5″. Because doing everything in one run would be overkill, we’ve decided to sneak in a couple each week. So this week, there will be a few again, starting with Fencepost and “This Atrocious Nursery.”
The four tracks on “This Atrocious Nursery” are inspired by ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’, a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman from 1892. It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature for illustrating women’s attitudes towards mental and physical health in the 19th century (quote from promo sheet). Written as entries into a journal, I can only guess – not having read the story myself – the four tracks refer to four entries in the journal. The actual story has been included in the download, so if you get this release, you can enjoy words and sounds together, just like with VW each week.
The music on here is highly disturbing. It’s not noise in the physical sense, but it’s incoherent as hell, and I can relate to the sounds describing a deteriorating mental state: a ‘gradual descent into obsession and madness’ (promo). Looped sounds from a prepared piano are recorded and manipulated into five-minute tracks, creating a surreal atmosphere. The journey through sounds ranging from bowed piano strings to sounds from outside, chaotic behaviour…
A final fun fact: His / her / prior release on Inner Demons was titled ‘Henry: Preparation of a Serial Killer’, so I can’t wait for the next release … There are more than enough psychopaths to choose from these days.
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