Eye On The Steel

"Eye on the Steel" features shorter tracks than found on Menche's previous works, and it's also more diverse in the respect that there are 13 different tracks, including Menche’s first entirely vocal-based track. The sound is heavily based around drones, pulses, and ambient noise. His work often stems from sound sources as varied as the body (heart, skin, lungs, larynx) and natural field recordings relying on wind, animals or insects, water, fire, and stones, to crude, lo-fi, and primitive electronics, broken microphones, damaged speakers, antique audio equipment, truck horns, mangled drones from instruments such as accordions, melodicas, organs, and bass guitars with heavy gauged strings. Particular highlights include the opening track, which is also the most reminiscent of Menche's "Beautiful Blood." The second track features some glorious low-end rumbles that will truly put subwoofers to the test. Track ten, the recording’s longest track, mixes a beautiful combination of pulses and electronic noises that brings to mind the sound of Pan Sonic or Montreal’s Vromb.