Vacant Lights play a tortured mix of sludge/noise/stoner
with a definite experimental vibe. This is a heavy trip
into Melvins/Christpunchers type of brainmelt riffs, coupled
with the unhinged rhythms of early Jesus Lizard or Big
Black. The songs create a dense, claustrophobic atmosphere
that sucks you into a frenzied world of fuzzed out psychosis.
The band have created their own unique take on this genre.
Fuzzed guitars, distorted bass and head-pounding drums
lay the foundations for cleanish/harsher vocals
to sit on top of the mix but never overpowering the frenetic
guitar noise. Song passages ebb and flow, taking you
from slow motion swamp speed to jarring psychedelic freak
outs. Saxaphones, field recordings, spoken word all help to take
this to another level that The Swans and Lingua Ignota have only hinted at.
