ACID BATH - WHEN THE KITE STRING POPS LP - CLEAR VINYL RARE DAX RIGGS 3rd PRESS
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ORIGINAL 2004 CLEAR VINYL.
ACID BATH 'WHEN THE KITE STRING POPS'.
RARE.
Limited Edition 3rd Pressing, Double LP on CLEAR Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve, 1,000 pressed.
The first pressing: black vinyl - 140 gram
second pressing: red and blue vinyl
third pressing: clear vinyl
fourth pressing: white vinyl
(all 1,000 units each). all sold out.
Gatefold sleeve, double LP. Track listing
1. Blue, The
2. Tranquilized
3. Cheap Vodka
4. Finger Paintings of the Insane
5. Jezebel
6. Scream of the Butterfly
7. Dr. Soose Is Dead
8. Dope Fiend
9. Toubabo Koomi
10. God Machine
11. Morticians Flame
12. What Color Is Death
13. Bones of Baby Dolls
14. Cassie Eats Cockroaches
Album notes
Acid
Bath: Dax Riggs (vocals); Mike Sanchez (guitar, tambourine); Sammy
Duet (guitar, background vocals); Audie Pitre (bass, background vocals);
Jimmy Kyle (drums).
Personnel: Dax Riggs (vocals); Sammy Pierre
Duet, Mike Sanchez (guitar, background vocals); Jimmy Kyle (drums);
Audie Pitre (background vocals).
Recording information: Side One, Metairie, LA, CA.
Photographer: Mike Wasco.
Acid
Bath's debut is a malicious and sometimes downright disturbing album
that defies easy categorization. They stitch together elements of death
metal, '70s hard rock, thrashing hardcore punk and Black Sabbath-esque
sludge into multi-sectioned songs that are both intricate and often
surprisingly melodic. The production, especially the compressed drums
and often-processed vocals, adds an industrial feel that increases the
album's menacing vibe. "The Blue" kicks things off with a bluesy swamp
metal riff before smoothly winding its way through a maze of tempo and
riff change-ups, while the closer, "Cassie Eats Cockroaches," weaves
spoken word samples and screaming vocals in and out of complex,
Southern-flavored death metal riffing and precision double-bass
drumming. Elsewhere, the songs range from full-on assaults ("Cheap
Vodka" and "Toubabo Koomi") to creepy ballads, namely the goth-tinged
"Scream of the Butterfly" and the largely acoustic "The Bones of Baby
Dolls." Vocalist Dax Riggs handles this diverse material well, switching
between distorted screams and a melodic croon reminiscent of Jim
Morrison or Glen Danzig. His not-for-the-squeamish lyrics address such
topics as drug abuse, rape, abortion, death, and self-loathing, but for
the most part do so in an artful, vividly poetic manner. While it would
have been stronger if a few of the weaker songs had been left off, When
the Kite String Pops is still an excellent, diverse metal album that
remains unlike much else, even years after it release. ~ William York
Editorial reviews
The lyrics would turn even Trent
Reznor's stomach. In fact, they make Nine Inch Nails immature
dabbling in the darker side of human nature seem like a 9-year-old
sneaking a peak at daddy's "Victoria's Secret"
catalog.
SUBJECTS: Death, keeping warm with burning
bodies, death, cockroaches, death, necrophilia, death. Not
recommended for dinner table conversations. It's not like you haven't
been warned: two John Wayne "them's my spurs, little buddy"
Gacy paintings grace the cover.
GUITARS: (applicable to
most of the vocals too) table saws chewing through nail-studded
12-by-12s; magnified electric razors; the rotors of a Jolly Green
Giant helicopter slapping into seagulls. Then again, there's some
very accomplished acoustic-flavored picking during the demonic
lullabies.
DRUMS: 100 car crashes in a minute.
VOCALS:
Medieval, heavy metal canticles floating like angels over a
battlefield; choked-out screams(see Guitars above).
The
Louisiana bayou fiver brands disturbing, sinister metal into your
chest so hard your heart might turn black. If hardcore is the sound
of anger, this is the sound of evil.
CATEGORY: Death
metal gumbo(fins and intestinal casings included).
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