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Noisy, doom-laden, industrialized sludge here, quite the departure for Ono and a swerveball for the label make no mistake! This collaborative release with Warm Blood puts to disc what was a tape only release from 2012. Cult Cargo features members from my (and label owner Michael Holland's) childhood home of the (sunny!) Rossendale Valley - so you know you're dealing some real freakz here! Sounding somewhere between Suicide, the Cramps and The Fall, the band blend distorted, deadpan vocals, low tuned basslines and a heady mix of machine buzz and fug to dramatic effect. Punk in attitude but stoner in execution, these tracks burn, snarl and drunkardly swagger through their duration, leaving the listener disorientated and uneasy, but always spiritually refreshed. Personal highlights? "Turbo-Hippies" and "Poison" ride that psychotic, Mark E Smith frenzy with aplomb, while on "Yu" and "Night Time Is A Frightful Time" comparisons could be drawn with US psyche luminaries Robodor; apocalyptic, robotized doom. Is that a moody cover of Nirvana I hear in there too?! There's really something for everybody, or rather, nothing for nobody. It's a minority field after all... Recommended.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Holy shit this is one of my favourite Ono releases yet! And a totally different direction for the label. This shit bites harder than an Alsatian on crack rocks! Uncompromising punk-sludge from Rossendale's finest!

TRACK LISTING

1 Yu
2 Poison
3 Night Time Is A Frightful Time
4 Comic Profanity
5 Turbo Hippies
6 Subhuman Sustenance
7 The News Is The Noose
8 Whispers & Echoes
9 Starry-Eyed & Sleepless
10 A Happy Dose Of Homoterrestrial Spirit
11 Circles, Circles & Bigger Fucking Circles
12 My Heaven