Saturday, April 3, 2010

Glenn Branca - The Ascension

A classic. Branca was operating in the "no wave" scene in the late '70s but by the time of this 1981 release he had already transcended anything else that came out of it. This record features four guitars, bass and drums weaving sinuously around each other with metallic, menacing machinelike clamorings giving way to lusher, broader more cinematic fare. If you have any doubts whatsoever, the monolithic title track will quell them. If you're into Sonic Youth, Lee Ranaldo plays guitar on this record. If you're into GYBE, they ripped a couple parts of this record off pretty much note for note. Having heard it, who could blame them?
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