blood on the sand (this week in mail order)
October 14th, 2009 at 11:40
Ganglians released one of my favorite albums this year, Monster Head Room (on Weird Forest), and the self titled EP that they did on Woodsist was also pretty awesome (and has grown on me a lot). Now they are back with two new songs on Captured Tracks.
The 7″ is somewhere between the slightly chaotic weirdo pop of the self titled ep and the wonderful, more classically influenced, psychadelica of Monster Head Room. The A side is titled “Blood on the Sand” and the B side “Make it Up.” I’ve only seen Ganglians once, but have been listening to their albums quite a bit and I can say that these songs sounded familiar on the first listen…almost eerily so. I feel like I have heard them a hundred times, but in actuality it is really like 10. This single seems like it will also be making my year end lists.
If you haven’t heard Ganglians yet I feel that this 7″ is a good starting point. Pick it for for $6, and you might find yourself hunting down the other two LPs.
[mp3] Ganglians- “Blood on the Sand” (buy it from CT here, or if you prefer at Insound here)
This one is limited to 1,000 copies, and rumor is they are going fast (it’s also rumored that CT won’t let things go out of print…we will see). As much as I enjoy “Blood on the Sands” I’m really in love with “Make It Up,” but you will have to pick up the record to hear that one. Highly recommended as are all of their releases.
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Tags: 7", Captured Tracks, Ganglians, mail order, Weird Forest, Woodsist Records