The Necks - Silent Night (Signed Digipak Double-CD)

2016 Aus pressed Gatefold Digipak 2CD released by Fish of Milk.
*Signed in black marker by all 3 members.

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