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IX/NAKED SHIT SPLIT EP

"The cover artwork for "Split EP" depicts a darkened room, a bright window and a single branch. Like these images, the music is ambiguous. It's doom of the slowest kind, where lyrics are absent and musical themes scant. Without these conventional structures, the four songs wander aimlessly and make the listener feel as though their braincells are drowning in a mire of treacle. It's an interesting effect but it becomes tiresome after the first few minutes - never mind 74. Final song "Silver Machine" is the most interesting, as low-level animalistic screams pierce the drone. Sadly, it's a small flicker of excitement in a soporific soundscape, making this EP a good cure for insomniacs."