FATIGUE by Animal Hospital
Kevin Micka has returned with his first full-length since 2009's Memory, Fatigue is a chronicle and culmination of the past 10 years of Micka creating live music for large ensembles. In his return to the recorded format, Micka collapses his exploded-view approach to composing and has created four laser-guided and utterly distinct pieces of music composed with vinyl’s inherent limitations in mind. Mastered by James Plotkin, Fatigue dives deep into layered microtonal passages and ping-ponging guitar samples and field recordings on “Framework” while album opener “Conditions” is a dense study of sustained tones that contain worlds of sound within its boundaries.
“No Pressure” and the B-Side spanning “Absolute” bear resemblance to 2009’s Memory in their form. “No Pressure” is a stunning drone-blues composition that lets each passage hang heavy in the humid air before another riff rends a fresh hole in the stereo. “Absolute is a Kraut-inspired longplayer that recalls Cluster and LFZ in its patient but persistent build and neuron-rearranging guitar leads that swell, dissolve and reassemble as layers of oscillating tonal passages.
Perhaps with the format’s eventual demise on the horizon, Animal Hospital has created a listening experience that pushes back and celebrates our relationship to the LP.
Tracklist
| 1. | Conditions | 4:21 |
| 2. | No Pressure | 3:03 |
| 3. | Framework | 8:52 |
| 4. | Absolute | 15:32 |
Credits
Limited Edition 180 Gram Vinyl by New Orleans Record Pressing available via White Sepulchre Records. Limited to 200 copies.
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Mastered by James Plotkin.
Art by Sean Micka.
Layout and design by Dustin Bowen.
Music written and recorded by Kevin Micka.
License
All rights reserved.
Animal Hospital is often Kevin alone constructing music from scratch w/ an array of sounds containing enough parts to employ - at times- many musicians referencing many familiar aspects of rock and pop as well as more conceptual perceptions of what people consider music. As of 2011, Animal Hospital has explored new avenues for live performance in large ensemble formats and sound installation.