Transient Waves are: Sid tucker, Loren Jackson and Eric Campbell.
Recorded in San Francisco, Virginia Beach and Philadelphia.
All songs written and performed by Transient Waves.

FatCat info:

Having previously released material on Che and Darla, Philadelphia-based three-piece Transient Waves exist somewhere within the shifting, underground network of US 'post-rock' operators that have come to prominence at the latter half of the nineties - abandoning the linear drive and dynamics of traditional rock in favour of a more diffuse, textural approach; the use of the sampler; and a shift away from the foregrounding of the 'song' and the 'voice', toward a more 'feminine' sensuality. Like peers Rome, Labradford, Bowery Electric and numerous acts on the ultra-cool Kranky label, Transient Waves' sound is rooted in the drifting, disembodied textures of the processed guitar, as their name suggests - layers of sound overlapping in a blissed-out, shimmering ambience.

Following December's 'Born With A Body and Fucked In The Head' 12" (their debut FatCat release, which included remixes from Andy Weatherall and Steve Stasis), with 'Sonic Narcotic' the band deliver a bold, aleatory album.

Sampling and looping themselves, Loren Jackson's luscious guitar textures hover, swell up and shift around each other like vapour-whorls. Besides providing rippling bass runs, Syd Tucker's languorous vocals are rendered as an occasional series of breathy sighs, becoming more textural effect than narrative focus. Eric Campbell's heart-beat drumming is sparse, tight and ultra-efficient - never overcrowding tracks or attempting to dominate proceedings, instead taking a back seat to propel things along simply via some excellent processing and a cool, spacious, almost DMX precision.

Compiled superbly into a series of interlocking passages, the overall effect of 'Sonic Narcotic' is slow-moving, hazy and deeply immersive, drawing the listener into its hypnotic pull and shimmering, gently unfolding logic.

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Wreszcie godni następcy takich tuzów post-rocka jak Labradford, Jessamine czy Bowery Electric. Charakterystyczna dla zespołów z Kranky przejmująca i hipnotyczna lo-fi atmosfera znakomicie łączy się z nowoczesnych, psychodelicznych rockiem lat 70-tych i ambientowo-trip-hopowymi eksperymentami.



FatCat info:



Having previously released material on Che and Darla, Philadelphia-based three-piece Transient Waves exist somewhere within the shifting, underground network of US 'post-rock' operators that have come to prominence at the latter half of the nineties - abandoning the linear drive and dynamics of traditional rock in favour of a more diffuse, textural approach; the use of the sampler; and a shift away from the foregrounding of the 'song' and the 'voice', toward a more 'feminine' sensuality. Like peers Rome, Labradford, Bowery Electric and numerous acts on the ultra-cool Kranky label, Transient Waves' sound is rooted in the drifting, disembodied textures of the processed guitar, as their name suggests - layers of sound overlapping in a blissed-out, shimmering ambience.



Following December's 'Born With A Body and Fucked In The Head' 12" (their debut FatCat release, which included remixes from Andy Weatherall and Steve Stasis), with 'Sonic Narcotic' the band deliver a bold, aleatory album.



Sampling and looping themselves, Loren Jackson's luscious guitar textures hover, swell up and shift around each other like vapour-whorls. Besides providing rippling bass runs, Syd Tucker's languorous vocals are rendered as an occasional series of breathy sighs, becoming more textural effect than narrative focus. Eric Campbell's heart-beat drumming is sparse, tight and ultra-efficient - never overcrowding tracks or attempting to dominate proceedings, instead taking a back seat to propel things along simply via some excellent processing .......
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