For Vital Weekly 1437, I wrote a review about a split album between Subservientdominance and Peasant Farm, also on Love Earth Music. So it’s four months later, and here is a CDR by Doug Dewalt doing his harsh noise/power electronics/drone sounds. First of all, I like this album for several reasons, so if I don’t stop talking about things … It’s probably the six cups of coffee I had earlier today. Which is my preferred drug, by the way, and which is a perfect mood setting for listening to this album.
Ok, To start thymus of: This is a four-track album with four live recordings in four days of four sets performed live during a small tour in the northeast of the US. Flemington NJ, Laconia, NH, Worcester, MS and Providence RI on respectively the 10th till 13th of August 2023. The setlist of the four shows differs a bit from each other, but some parts are the same. If you read my notes from reviews, you know that I like to find out what an artist is about To see how someone develops over time or what an inevitable change of surroundings does to someone. And because of that, I liked listening to this album and seeing what four different days do to a track or an artist. And Subservientdominance proves in these four recordings that what he does might have the same elements, but there is no given fact on what you’re getting at a live show, except very harsh noise and an excellent live show, that is.
The first track is the clearest of the four. Vocals are the most pronounced, and the dynamics are simply outstanding. The second track seems to be recorded from ‘a distance,’ making it less harsh and more like a power drone wall kinda thing. Probably massive when you were there, but that massiveness doesn’t really show in the recording. The third recording is the most badass in lower frequencies as if your sticking your head into the bass bin just to experiment if it’s possible to blow your eardrums or relive the feeling you had with the Swans or Godflesh shows back in the day. The fourth recording is the most HNW-like, and it’s loud as fuck. Let’s stick to that because anything else I can say about it will not matter at all.
A few months ago I wrote about Subservientdominance doing some kind of higher-order complexity harsh noise. “Public Dominance” documents how it is done.
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