KARK - "The Hermit" LPKark The Hermit LP (HP Cycle, 2007) "Debut album from this massive free ensemble from Louisville which features a revolving cast of over 50 musicians including members of Sapat, Valley of Ashes, Virgin Eye Blood Brothers, Son of Earth, Taiwan Death and the Belgian Waffles. The Hermit consists of three extended pieces that offer spaciously abstract atmospheres as well as moments of righteous cacophony. Utilizing a multitude of brass, reeds and

The band feeds on raw energy

occasionally touring and releasing some under-the-radar cassettes

"Our man Lynton has being laying riff damage over Melbourne for years on a single minded mission to blunt the senses and kill the brain cells in bands like the sorely missed Satanic Rockers and current miscreants Assetstripper

guests  Ziona Riley (vocals on “Widening Venn Diagram”)

To that list

and wind sounds

the album was recorded in ten days and the raw immediacy of the music is palpable across these ten tracks

They came from towns like Red Bank

Black Velvet Fuckere

remains a defining moment of synthetic soul that retained the visceral beckoning of its formational club past while breaking free to a new aesthetic that would be emulated for literally decades to come

it may seem daft to call this particular record “jazz” (because duh

IL and was released on APRIL 5