RUINS II

Where their first EP was just a wall of distorted noise, the second (with a new bassist) has moments of structure. While they do often make chaos sound good, the primitive recording, sounding like its being recorded with the duo performing from inside a 30ft well with an 8 track machine on the ground outside. Not a fan of the raw vocals a lot of the time, sounding pretty hysterical in more short and frenetic tracks. Some glimpses of things to come though, and it does sound better when selected tracks are listened to via their remastered compilation released in 2001. Human Being and Essential Logic are the highlights I'd pick out.