{"product_id":"bruce-russell-howling-and-stability-at-high-volume-settings-lp","title":"Bruce Russell – Howling and Stability at High Volume Settings [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"If ever there was an album by NZ’s great Bruce Russell whose title carried the essence of his genius, this is it. The words comes from the manual of the amp that Bruce uses to create his special brand of guitar havoc, and its wording could not be clearer. Naturally, Mr. Russell takes great delight in pushing the poor thing beyond its stated limits as often as possible. The results almost always possess a strange majesty. And so it is here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginally issued as two-thirds of a CD included in the mythical\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo More Driver Call Me\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebox (a never commercially available collection of Bruce’s solo music, video work and writing), one of the things most curious about this LP is how close to the side’s titles Bruce chooses to hew. On “Howling,” the guitar tends to get into the upper registers and maintain a bellering edge, often on several levels at once. Certainly, there are plenty of skritches as well, but the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003econcept\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof howl-as-howl seems to be borne out in a major way. Concomitantly, “Instability” has a sonic roof that is continually collapsing on itself. Twin-voiced amp-hump no more sturdy than yurt in a hurricane. Or maybe I’m just projecting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuffice to say, it’s a blindingly fine album, both howling and unstable in all the right places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e–Byron Coley 2016\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFeeding Tube, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"naturestripstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692172349681,"sku":"FTR219","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/8859\/0065\/products\/brucerussell_howling.jpg?v=1653634775","url":"https:\/\/naturestripstore.myshopify.com\/products\/bruce-russell-howling-and-stability-at-high-volume-settings-lp","provider":"naturestripstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}