Bowery Electric - Beat 2LP xx1986 setting up their industrial strength

setting up their industrial strength urban sprawl sound with a bone-crushing intensity

chiming bells

on 17th February

Short tracks that feel like the aural equivalent of a beautifully composed polaroid: snapshots that seem casual and off-the-cuff but seem to capture a passing moment in a profound way with a hazy air of nostalgia surrounding

Recorded on analog tape machines over a period of years and outside of the genre concentration camps

Bowery Electric - Beat 2LP xx1986 setting up their industrial strengthThe second album from New York City's Bowery Electric was released in late 1996, less than 15 months after their self titled debut, but it found them having traveled light years musically in the interim, the group having seemingly decided to see how far they could take the guitar bass drums vocal setup into the atmosphere. Every aspect of their approach had been refined and focused: squalling, distorted guitars had been transformed into hazy, sensual