16 bitch pile up / mike shiflet

Make Like A Fetus And Abort / Extract, Behold

Two of the very heaviest hitters from the Ohio noise scene face-off in this ear melting split release from Ecstatic Peace. Gameboy Records CEO Mike Shiflet lays out the side-long monolith 'Extract, Behold', a protracted groan that modulates and grumbles along with only the most minimal of development arcs. It was thanks to the Gameboy label that the gals of 16 Bitch Pile-Up first came to the upper echelons of the noise scene. Anyone who's had the pleasure (is that really the right word?) of hearing their recent Bury Me Deep album will know how far 16 Bitch Pile-Up's sound has evolved since their early days, and their side here (nefarious titled 'Make Like A Foetus and Abort') is far more textured than your average noise plate. The growing echo splatter of the piece's beginning soon escalates into a kind of droning clamour with bits of location recordings and radiophonic weirdness floating around. Intense.