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LP released: Apr 07, 2014

Tracklisting:
1. Thought Forms Your Bones - Thought Forms
2. Thought Forms Sound Of Violence - Thought Forms
3. Thought Forms For The Moving Stars - Thought Forms
4. Thought Forms Silver Kiss - Thought Forms
5. Esben And The Witch No Dog - Esben And The Witch
6. Esben And The Witch Butoh - Esben And The Witch
THOUGHT FORMS / ESBEN AND THE WITCH
SPLIT LP
Label: INVADA
Cat No: INV130LP
Barcode: 5055300399939
Packaging: LP (100g)

Esben's side immediately reaches a fever pitch as 'No Dog' drags itself up from the primordial ooze of Sonic Youth's early years mastery of cacophony and dissonance, underpinned by the vola-tile rhythmic propulsion of Fugazi or Hoover. The lone voice left unadorned in the eye of the storm comes from bassist and vocalist Rachel Davies, who summons up the fiery catharsis of Chelsea Wolfe or Sharon Van Etten. The trio's other contribution here, 'Butoh', pursues an altogether more tribal path, kicking up a fury and intensity rarely matched this side of the pond these days. Thought Forms find an equally cathartic voice across their four songs, but achieve it by totally different means: dressing their tracks up with the swirling swathes of guitar you'd expect from the dreamier edges of the '80s US lexicon. 'For the Moving Stars' jolts forward from the off with the sort of driving, hypnotic lead lines you'd expect from J Mascis, that is were he armed with Steve Turner's pedal collection. 'Your Bones', meanwhile, is a disarming slow-burner that creeps its way into the back of your mind, erupt-ing from what could have been an early Low cut into an uphill bat-tle against tumbling drums and guitars that crackle like a bonfire on a crisp Autumn night.