John Cage, Suffocation, Glen Branca, power tools, Brian Eno, Obituary, Stockhausen, broken records, sirens, empty buildings, television static, Throbbing Gristle, air through vents, mouth breathers, field recordings.
“…ritual exploration locked in a landscape of left-handed black urbanity…. the sound of jackals seeking prey in abandoned malls. Locrian’s vision is an internalised one, a view that’s expressed through ferocious volume with a finger than remains on the trigger guard.”
(Scott McKeating, Rock-a-rolla)
“Looming monoliths of distorted synthesizer erode in slow motion while a brittle, hazy guitar line wavers slowly back and forth like a rusty weathervane creaking in the wind. And then: the voices. Disembodied howls rising from the devil’s asshole.”
(J. Niimi, Chicago Reader)
“Like a raven perched on an electrical transformer, Locrian summon elemental human dread, the type hinted at in medieval passion plays and Shakespearean dramatic interludes, but do so electrically, without the pretense of ancient wisdom or nostalgia-laden "spectral folk."
(Chris Sienko, Gapers Block)
"[Locrian] spoon through the night mounted upon a guitar or a synth… the sonic textures are closer to rock (maybe born amidst the debris of a party Killing Joke had just left).”
(Byron Coley, The Wire)
"Sometimes musicians experiment for the sake of experimenting, and sometimes they experiment because they’re trying to find an alien beauty they can’t get to any other way….[LOCRIAN] sculpt eerily gorgeous noise from an impressive array of materials…Their unwieldy heap of gear makes for an awkward-looking stage show, but the sounds they coax out of it are ineffably graceful.”
(Monica Kendrick, Chicago Reader)
“…raw electronics and mistreated guitar that knows when it’s time to roar, and time to just menace.”
(Creaig Dunton, Brainwashed.com)
"...delay-heavy guitars and voices wailing inconsolably at the foot of an unscalable wall of fuzzy drone...Foisy and Hannum know exactly what they're doing. The way they manage to sustain interest over fifteen or more minutes without ever moving away from an eternally gloomy minor home base, with guitars drifting across the grey sky like black clouds, is truly impressive."
(Dan Warburton, Paris Transatlantic)
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Check out the Independent Arts and Music Festival (I AM Fest) taking place at the Congress Theatre on Saturday, June 13. Algren joins 24 other bands and numerous artists at this all day 100% local event. Visit www.iamfest.com for more info!
Check out the Independent Arts and Music Festival (I AM Fest) taking place at the Congress Theatre on Saturday, June 13. Algren joins 24 other bands and numerous artists at this all day 100% local event. Visit www.iamfest.com for more info!
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