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Asva
Futurists Against the Ocean
Web Of Mimicry CD
Members of Burning Witch, Mr. Bungle, Sunn 0))), Black Horse, and Master Musicians of Bukkake unite to form a lengthy release that slowly tightens and constricts a slothful grip around the listener.
Asva play slow (perhaps some of the slowest paced rock I've ever heard). Futurists Against the Ocean is a four song, fifty-two minute slab of long-drawn-out, beat-every-three-seconds "doom" rock that lingers and hovers like a thick fog that never seems to clear. Yeah, you definitely need to be in the right mindset to sit down and absorb the eerie sounding release from beginning to end.
Asva creates a haunting atmosphere with humming electronic tunings, buzzing feedback, pounding bass thumps that are spread apart like a dying heartbeat, organ and piano, and operatic female vocals supplied by Jessika Kenney of Pacifica and Black Horse. The droning dark ambience created definitely causes uneasiness (and if you're listening to Futurists alone late at night, you will be constantly looking over your shoulders as if the record will summon some fiend from the shadows). The last track, "By the Well of Living and Seeing," picks the pace up a tad, and is the more interesting track of the four—it will, without doubt, give you the heebie-jeebies.
Futurists is definitely an acquired taste. It's slow enough to be considered background music, but creepy enough to keep your nerves on edge. While listening, you'll start to see shadows move and weird noises resonate. Spine-chilling.
by Fake Train
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