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Inverted Crux is my label and Lakes is my music. I also play in wasted truth and paeces.
a review of my new record 'cloven' avail. through here...only a handful left!!
Melbourne man Sean Baileys solo incarnation Lakes has always operated along truly punk paradigms. His music saturated with the sort of DIY feel and energy that has circulated in the hearts and souls of every artist that has ever wanted to work outside the limited horizons of money and fame. His latest offering, Cloven, carries a heavy atmosphere of menace and a primitivist approach to both composition and technique.
Cloven has two halves that are musically distinct but still faithful to Baileys artistic philosophy. Side One has songs that are based around ominous, hammered drums and long held keyboard notes marching in uneasy lockstep. In a way, they are songs that are battlegrounds where sounds don’t blend or work in harmony but jostle and contest each other. A moment on “Silver Perch” reflects this unrest quite well. A period of lull is broken by keyboard that sounds like a sudden blurted statement that breaks some uncomfortable silence.
Side Two resembles something more “musical”. The crude guitar strums and one handed rhythm section give way to more schooled sounding guitar playing and songs in a more conventional sense. It gives a feel of some woozy, almost psychedelic dream that doesn’t quite soar to the sky but remains trapped in the bedroom where it sounds like it was recorded. Baileys singing, throughout the record, is a beguiling mix of post-77 belligerence and disgust, conventional indie rock vocals and outsider musical refusal like Jandek circa “I aint got none” or even Miguel Tomasin of Reynols. This 12” is nearly sold out at the source but anything Lakes does is well worth hunting down. 9/10 -- Alex Kakafikas (17 December, 2008)
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How are you, /.. LAKES /..AND INVERTED CRUX? Haven't checked in on you lately, so I swung by to say "HI" &hope you are feeling well! Listen, I have another track up on my page, "Attack Of The Mushroom People." You can hear it right now, if you'd like at: www.myspace.com/psychedelicpablo adios! Pablo
cool thanks! would be great to play another show with you, maybe in melbs? i've got awesome wasted truth footage from maggotville, i'll let you know when it's youtubed
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