AUN / HABSYLL split [LP]

AUN (Montreal, Canada) has a back catalog rich with harmonic drone, sepulchral ambience and of thick detuned guitar vistas. For this split, AUN ventures into new territory. "Druids" plays like 70's space rock on bad acid, where dissonant tones and hallucinogenic melodies slam head-first into slow, pounding beats. Texture and rhythm collide to create a dark unworldly psychedelia. "Fall Out" continues the space-y vibe, blending rhythm, bass, guitar and acidic noise shards, seemingly taking some cues from the late 60's New-York underground and mid 70's Germany. HABSYLL (Toulouse, France) accentuate angular drone and delicate improvisation with blasts of raw noise and sludge-infused doom. Leaving structure and melody behind (or perhaps stretching them out so far, they are imperceivable,) Habsyll's output is slow, raw and dynamic as hell. Composition has never felt so strange. The LP -- issued by Public Guilt Records as a joint release with Belgium's Conspiracy Records -- is long out-of-print and will not be repressed. These are the last copies of the one and only pressing of 500 copies, pressed on grey, 180-gram vinyl and housed in a 350 gsm sleeve adorned by the artwork of Stephen Kasner (Sunn, Lotus Eaters, Integrity, etc.). [Public Guilt/Conspiracy]