The Necks - Silent Night

2016 Aus pressed Gatefold Digipak 2CD released by Fish of Milk.

Silent Night was released in 1996 and was the band's first studio double album.

Black, the first disc, uses a repetitive, doom-laden riff shared between Swanton's bass, the low end of Abrahams' piano and Buck's pulsing and menacing drumming. Further instrumental additions are gradually introduced alongside ambiguous field recordings and half-heard snippets of dialogue - the latter two elements adding a "concrete" dimensionality that gives rise to a brooding, film noir-like experience for the listener. This is perhaps the starkest recording released by the group.

White is a closer to a live performance - recorded, with extra production, in the studio. Here, The Necks' music follows its own path through changing timbral and rhythmic textures - always compelling, always slowly morphing.

Cat#: FOM0004