Dead Sea Apes - Sixth Side Of The Pentagon (2017)

Since their inception in 2009, Manchester trio Dead Sea Apes have ploughed a decidedly psychedelic furrow regarding their penchant for consciousness-altering guitar/bass/drums workouts. Yet they have always been decidedly nonconformist and experimental too, never easily fitting into a “psychedelic scene” like so many of their contemporaries. New album Sixth Side Of The Pentagon sees this bent towards experimentation further examined and explored.

Taking concepts from the track of the same name on their previous album, Sixth Side Of The Pentagon grows these ideas into fully formed dub cultures. Possibly reflecting recent political and economic events, the mood has darkened further like a carbon-stained post-industrial skyline: basslines bubble over with a dub-frenzy of fluid proficiency, alienated shards of guitar sear into your cortex and disorientating notes of insectoid electronics float in and out of the mix amid haunting echoes. Think Metal Box-era PIL and hints of early Cabaret Voltaire fused with the rolling liquid sound that Dead Sea Apes have made their own, while spoken word contributions by the artist and writer Adam Stone add a new dimension of theoretical engagement.

Tracklist:

01. The Map Is Not The Territory 05:13
02. The Sixth Side version I 00:34
03. Low Resolution 04:06
04. The Sixth Side version II 00:19
05. Pale Anxieties 07:22
06. Nerve Centre 03:57
07. The Sixth Side version III 00:55
08. Lo Res 04:22
09. Tentacles (The Machine Rolls On) 04:24
10. The Sixth Side version IV 00:19
11. Rectifier 05:23