TONIGHT || On last year's 'Piecework' Kowloon Walled City draw from Touch & Go's golden era to create a 'stirring masterpiece that’ll be near impossible for any noise-rock band out there today to top.' — LucaCimarusti Catch them at beatkitchenbar!
Oakland’s Kowloon Walled City formed in 2007 as an intense postmetal outfit who tipped their hat to fellow Oaklanders
, who’d helped pioneer the fusion of hardcore and sludge. During the 14 years since, the band have slowly pulled back on the aggression and fury, settling into creeping, deliberately paced noise rock. Kowloon Walled City’s newest effort,, is also their first album in six years, released jointly by the always-excellent Gilead Media and Neurosis’s own Neurot Recordings. It documents a band hitting their stride perfectly and decimating everyone else in the genre.
, Shellac, Polvo, and Slint—hell, even I’m doing it—and every time I hear a record from a contemporary group playing in this style, I’m overjoyed and fully on board.smashes together all the best sounds from the label’s golden era, creating a stirring masterpiece that’ll be near impossible for any noise-rock band out there today to top.
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