Cory Schumacher/Suburbia Melting: Departure; Limited Edition Cassette (2012)

USA, Noise, Harsh, Experimental, Power Electronics, Power Violence; (Darker Days Ahead Label) Limited Edition (25 copies) Cassette – New sealed

Here’s a split tape with a side project of Andrew Quitter from Regosphere and Cory Shumacher.  Schumacher is up first with heavy noise walls. The distortion is piled on thick as molasses here with a ton of delay in the mix. Not the spastic cut-up style delay but the heavy booming delay which envelopes the whole mix. Fade sticks out a little with some really interesting sound elements like being battered by an electric wind storm.  An unrelenting wall of harsh noise spews forth. A swirling miasma of aggressive frequencies, uncontrolled screams, junk noise and plenty of distortion to bring it all to the next level. A heavy slab of uncompromising noise, almost bordering on wall noise yet more detailed and large shifts in sound over time.  A very enjoyable split from start to finish with two artists who compliment each other well. They were able to get on the same page for this and the result is quite effective. Recommended dosage of 1 listen every other night for three weeks straight and that whole “being able to hear things” issue will be cleared up for any listener.