Album Type: Split
Date Released: 18/12/2016
Label: Independent
“Interstellar Smoke” DD//LP track
listing:
A). Mount
Hush
B). Deaf Proof – “Everything Dead”
The Review:
A split release that goes by
the name “Interstellar Smoke” can’t be anything but one far out trip.
Take a gander at the artwork and admire the detail used in depicting the
planets and galaxy. Notice how the stars morph into the long, flowing hair of
the mirrored silhouette. Only a fool would expect a release that wasn’t lush in
tone or deep in groove.
Side A is home to Mount Hush Alps ;
because that’s the closest they could physically get to being in outer space. As
is showcased with their 20 minute, side-encompassing jam, “Sleeping Jupiter – Haze – Aquatic Void,”
their music takes them the rest of the way.
The track opens in the
middle of the jam. It’s as if the band had already started playing before the
record button was hit. As a result, the listener is immediately immersed in Mount Hush
At 24 minutes, Side B
provides the longest cut (barely), and it’s clear that Deaf Proof ultimately have ‘the jam’ on their
minds, too. However because their attack is harder than that of Mount Hush – more distortion – and the lyrical
content shines a light on themes of life and death, “Everything Dead,” shifts in mood from Mount Hush’s mind trip. But lyrical themes
aren’t everything that Deaf Proof
brings to the table. Before the band gets too carried away with their lyrics,
their jam takes an experimental turn in adding in saxophones, keys and a
synthesizer. At this point, the music is so dense and has been going on for so
long, that the listener is left with absolutely no sense of time or being. All that there is, is the music.
Once these two tracks have
come to a close there’s nothing left to do than to immediately revisit them. Go
on, start “Interstellar Smoke” one more time. Dive in deeper this time.
Close your eyes and discover more of the layers and the depth. Mount Hush
Band info: facebookdeafproof || facebookmounthush
