Crystal Antlers – 'EP' review
Unconventionally (or maybe not for such a blokeishly alpha-male record), the cover art for Crystal Antlers’ debut EP features what appears to be a pair of labia. A more honest image, however, would have been a huge cock and balls, given the amount of preposterous willy-waving that takes place here – but then again clear judgement is not this band’s strong point: at more points on EP than is remotely necessarily, six or seven high-pitched, masturbatory guitar lines compete for dominance, while an omnipresent and rather trying feedback fuzz drones on in the background.
The closing Parting Song For The Torn Sky has the self-control and woozy Black Sabbath swagger that the rest of the EP is lacking, choosing to freak out only in the last of its seven minutes after a satisfyingly sticky build, but the rest of EP is sorry, boorish guitar-shop bombast.
2/10
