BLACK MIDI - John L / Despair 12" space rock with guitars that swing from

with guitars that swing from garagey to Paul Simony via much territory in between

the cheapest keyboard and a kit that only a mother could love have produced one of the most egregious freak noise dance grooves ever cut into plastic

going from Bernard Sumner to Morrissey sometimes in the same song (check “After Day”

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BLACK MIDI - John L / Despair 12" space rock with guitars that swing fromAlbum opener John L, on 12 with b side Despair, has a massive sound, driven by some gutsy Discipline era King Crimson thrust, and energy wrought by the inclusion of Jerskin Fendrix on violin. The group tease the raging track to the point of nonexistence before leading it through caverns of reverb and gauzy snareskin landscapes, just for it to return, hitting hard as hell once more. The story painted is a jet black comedy about what happens to cult