From OP: So these tracks were written/recorded by Mat Williams (of Indiana's Liquids/Dagger/Coneheads/Guinea Kid/The Fritz/Pukeoid/X.O.'s... etc.) and published on Soundcloud approximately five years ago, if the long-abandoned profile is of any indication. That was about a year before the release of Liquids' debut "Mat's Demo" cassette, meaning its inclusion of "Dark" and the instrumental of "Fly A Kite" -- songs that would later become a staple of Liquids' library -- could quantify MW Blues as a "proto-Liq" project. The direct, generally in-complex hardcore song structures, the crude wiriness to the sound that pierces the eardrum in a BAD way, the phlegm-lined snarls that bark at you through distant-sounding echoes -- all of it should be emblematic of the greatness that'll soon come from Mat's later projects. MW Blues is as primitive and brutish as it is... well, frickin' ugly -- but it doesn't mean it can't hit you like a brick to the sternum. There's some DAMN good concepts here, as that rendition of "Dark" is easily my favorite take on the song to ever exist. And not to mention "Prison Food", which is a song I assume came from one of Mat's other projects, "ABC Gum" (https://www.discogs.com/ABC-Gum-ABC-Gum/release/3586730). I've been pining for that CD for years. If anyone happens to have any leads on that, lemme know. "Prison Food" is such a lovely tune.
This video contains every track that was released on that Soundcloud page. I've had these songs saved for an unfortunately-long time, but I've always been on the fence about sharing them. Artists outgrow their work constantly, so I wasn't sure if I had the right to propagate this. But after hearing some MW Blues on Liquids' latest "Happy Halloween" tape, I figured now would finally be a good time. Hopefully. They still make for a great listen, so long as you've got an appreciation for all things mean, slimy, and borderline-obscene.
...for some odd reason, I suspect you do.
TRACK LIST: Not Your Turn - 0:00 Makes Me Sick - 0:48 Dark - 2:09 Take Your Life - 3:17 Trying To Get Out - 4:31 Prison Food - 5:16 Next To Death - 6:19
From OP:
ReplyDeleteSo these tracks were written/recorded by Mat Williams (of Indiana's Liquids/Dagger/Coneheads/Guinea Kid/The Fritz/Pukeoid/X.O.'s... etc.) and published on Soundcloud approximately five years ago, if the long-abandoned profile is of any indication. That was about a year before the release of Liquids' debut "Mat's Demo" cassette, meaning its inclusion of "Dark" and the instrumental of "Fly A Kite" -- songs that would later become a staple of Liquids' library -- could quantify MW Blues as a "proto-Liq" project. The direct, generally in-complex hardcore song structures, the crude wiriness to the sound that pierces the eardrum in a BAD way, the phlegm-lined snarls that bark at you through distant-sounding echoes -- all of it should be emblematic of the greatness that'll soon come from Mat's later projects. MW Blues is as primitive and brutish as it is... well, frickin' ugly -- but it doesn't mean it can't hit you like a brick to the sternum. There's some DAMN good concepts here, as that rendition of "Dark" is easily my favorite take on the song to ever exist. And not to mention "Prison Food", which is a song I assume came from one of Mat's other projects, "ABC Gum" (https://www.discogs.com/ABC-Gum-ABC-Gum/release/3586730). I've been pining for that CD for years. If anyone happens to have any leads on that, lemme know. "Prison Food" is such a lovely tune.
This video contains every track that was released on that Soundcloud page. I've had these songs saved for an unfortunately-long time, but I've always been on the fence about sharing them. Artists outgrow their work constantly, so I wasn't sure if I had the right to propagate this. But after hearing some MW Blues on Liquids' latest "Happy Halloween" tape, I figured now would finally be a good time. Hopefully. They still make for a great listen, so long as you've got an appreciation for all things mean, slimy, and borderline-obscene.
...for some odd reason, I suspect you do.
TRACK LIST:
Not Your Turn - 0:00
Makes Me Sick - 0:48
Dark - 2:09
Take Your Life - 3:17
Trying To Get Out - 4:31
Prison Food - 5:16
Next To Death - 6:19