19 October 2008

Do you listen to music when you listen to Coil?


Constant Shallowness Leads to Evil is the most extreme outing by Coil I have had the pleasure of listening to. This is really extreme stuff and is the closest to say, Merzbow, that they ever got.
I rate this and Merzbow's "Oersted" as the most challenging discs I own, which does not make them bad at all. With releases as these the way you listen to music is not a required one. You need to change the setting, change the scenario. This is not easy listening nor is it enjoyable setting; you need to concentrate hard in order to penetrate this stuff. You simply need to focus. Your reward is on its way.
Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/155614378/Constant.zip.html

Tracks
  1. Higher Beings Command
  2. I Am The Green Child
  3. Beige
  4. Lowest Common Abominator
  5. Freebase Chakra
  6. Tunnel Of Goats [ends at track 23]
Personnel

John Balance
Peter Christopherson
Simon Norris
Thighpaulsandra

Label

Threshold House

Country

UK

Catalogue

ESKATON 24

Format

CD

Date

September 2000



Edition
Notes

Mistakenly shares the same catalogue number with Time Machines Live.
Comes in a pink C-shell case.

Press release

This new album by Coil deals with the threat of lavishness and responds with noise. It's trial by musick. This intense density of energetic anger explores areas that Coil have threatened to open out into in the past, but rarely have pursued with such hallucinatory ferocity. 6 new pieces still fresh with blood and electronics.

It is released to coincide with Coil's 2nd Royal Festival Hall concert this year; an event which Coil are calling Persistence Is All. Points of reference? Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music, Can, LaMonte Young, Flipper, Butthole Surfers, Supermarket Sweep. Composed & arranged by John Balance, Peter Christopherson & Thighpaulsandra.