Dreams In Splattered Lines
Self-Released, 2023
8/10
Listen to Dreams In Splattered Lines
The Michigan duo of Nate Young and Johnny Olson, as Wolf Eyes the pair bring a wealth of experience and talent to this highly technical, experimental and electronic 13 pieces.
“Car Wash Two w/Short Hands” opens the listen with a mysterious droning that’s shrouded in cinematic ideas that are quite ominous, and “Radio Box (excerpt)” follows with plenty of sci-fi bleeps and buzzing that unfolds with a rare personality.
In the middle, “Exploding Time” welcomes voices, some of which are wordless, as firm beats enter the oddly rhythmic affair, while “The Museums We Carry” carries a tribal feeling from another dimension thanks to its frisky drumming and electronic prowess.
Close to the end, the spacey “Find You (vocal)” uses vocals strategically amid the rich, avant-garde exploration, and “Dreams In Shattered Time” exits with a chilling, cryptic display of cautious electronica and much attention to mood.
Young handles vocals, various handmade electronics, drum synth, harmonica, sequential circuits Pro-One, and Young manipulates Mutant reeds, feedback electronics and Arp Odyssey. Together, they make for an iconoclastic and distinct version of electronic fueled noise-rock that is quite interesting.
Travels well with: Swans- leaving meaning; EYRYX- Psychological Projective