New Canadiana :: Eschaton – Tour Tape Three

Eschaton
Tour Tape Three
(HAVN Records)
Hamilton, ON
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You’re in a pitch black room as time slows. A flash goes off. As each fraction of a second passes, a scene reveals itself: colourless shapes, then a face, shadows, furniture, the texture of the stucco ceiling, dust and flakes of dead skin floating weightless past your eyes. Fast or slow, mercilessly loud or impossibly quiet, improvised music is a slow reveal. In this live tour series, Hamilton’s Eschaton and friends Strangebarn bask in the resonance of brass bells before sinking into a tension-filled horror show of grinding electric drones, cursing saxophones, and vulgar percussion on the verge of manic violence. A slow-motion assault, perhaps a reflection of ancient tensions, the kind that even among earth’s most peaceful denizens emerges when the wrong buttons are pushed.

Tu es dans une pièce complètement noire alors que le temps ralentit. Un flash apparaît. À chaque fraction de seconde qui passe, une scène se révèle : des formes sans couleurs, puis un visage, des ombres, des meubles, la texture d’un plafond stuc, de la poussière et des … Read More »