The Writhing Squares "Chart For The Solution"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Space Rock, Krautrock
Label: Trouble In Mind Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: March 26, 2021
Tracklist

1. Rogue Moon (11:34) 

2. Geisterwaltz (4:24) 

3. Ganymede (3:32) 

4. The Abyss Is Never Brighter (2:54) 

5. A Chorus Of Electrons (1:55) 

6. The Library (6:43) 

7. NFU (3:40) 

8. The Pillars (18:39) 

9. North Side Of The Sky (5:38) 

10. Resurrect Dead On Planet Whatever (3:37) 

11. Epilogue (8:14) 

Total Time 70:50

Line-up

Kevin Nickles: Sax, Flute, Clarinet, Synth, Vocals

Daniel Provenzano: Bass, Synth, Percussion, Vocals

   With

"Harmonica" Dan Balcer: Harmonica (7)

John Schoemaker: Drums (11)

Alex Ward: Organ (11)

Description/Reviews:

 "Chart For The Solution" is a double album chock full what makes them tick; heady, progressive, psychedelic space-rock-cum-minimal synth slop, punctuated by MacKay/Chance-style blasts of brass & woodwinds that definitely scratch an itch.

Over the course of "Chart For The Solution"s four sides, Nickles & Provenzano utilize the extended format to stretch out & settle into a groove all their own. From the relentless synth pulse of opener "Rogue Moon", thru the aggro-throb of "Geisterwaltz" & four-on-the-floor scree of "Ganymede", The Squares have no mercy for your weary ears. After a brief, (slightly) mellow respite thru three tunes ("The Abyss Is Never Brighter"/"A Chorus of Electrons"/"The Library"), the band ratchets up the intensity with the cacophonous clatter of "NFU" leading right into the album's centerpiece; all of Side Three's "The Pillars", a near-nineteen minute epic suite that launches the listener straight into the maw of a black hole & thru the other side. Side Four closes out "Chart For The Solution" starting with the slinky stomp of "North Side of The Sky" into "Resurrect Dead On Planet Whatever"s unsettling, cosmic-funeral dirge. Fittingly, "Epilogue" closes out the album, with Nickles' sax dive bombing around Provenzano's bass throb like an alien interpretation of "Funhouse"s howling anarchy, augmented by live drums by John Schoemaker & organ by Alex Ward. 

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