Split

VINYL FORMAT. Limited to 500 copies; pressed on 140 gram virgin vinyl and housed in super glossy pro-printed covers. Brand new split LP from fellow Manchester weirdos A Middle Sex and Gnod. Gnod follow on from some killer releases over the last couple of years, a split 7" with Bong, a tape on Not Not Fun, and a collaborative LP with White Hills. The oddly titled fifteen minute 'Why Don't You Smile Like the Other Children?' opens with hazy strings and cosmically far out voices, this slow groove packs a multi-colored burst of rhythmic psychedelic vibes. On the flip side, A Middle Sex takes up duties of doing something equally psychedelic, but in a completely different style. Their side is titled 'Polytheism,' and is essentially made up of two tracks, the opener is a short, wild spaced-out cosmic synth piece, which is swiftly followed by their main ten minute piece of layered drums and percussion, swirling electronics, distorted chanted vocals. Their side is all about the rhythm, and they really got that rhythm down.