Writhing Squares
Mythology (green)
In many ways, the music of Writhing Squares could have only originated in Philadelphia; the city itself a microcosm of creatives, go-getters, freaks and weirdos that have coalesced into a supportive and boundary-pushing crew. This is the duo's fourth full-length, their third for Chicago-based Trouble In Mind Records. 'Mythology' picks up the pieces left shattered by their previous double-album 'Chart For The Solution' and reconnects the broken shards together like Kintsugi, the ancient Japanese technique for mending broken ceramics, infusing the breaks with powdered gold. Tracks like 'Barbarians' and 'LEM' are classic Squares; brutal, aggressive, unwavering assault of Motörhead/Stooges-inflected sci-fi punk scree, while others like 'Chromatophage's mutant funk and 'Cerberus's techno-slink owe a serious debt to electric-era Miles Davis or Herbie Hancock and show that the group has more to offer than bludgeoning you with sonic force. Comes on fluorescent green vinyl (while supplies last).