ZOND - s/t LP

Still in shrink.
rec: NM
slv: VG+

Highly recommended.

Well, this is just crushing. Zond absorb the choicest bits of psych, punk, shoegaze, krautrock and noise, emitting something else entirely. Their one-and-only album starts off like the soundtrack to a vintage Italian horror flick – but quickly descends into a gnashing tumult.

There are vocals in there somewhere, although really they’re just another instrument. While you could argue that this record can’t quite match the unpredictability of the Melbourne band live, it sheds as much light on their mysterious, oversaturated sound as we’re likely to get.