Dazzling Killmen – Dig Out The Switch (Serpentarium Green Vinyl)

Originally released in 1992, Dig Out the Switch captures Dazzling Killmen in their formative state: raw, volatile, and pushing hardcore to the brink of musical combustion. Engineered by Steve Albini (rest in power) and produced by Wilcos Jeff Tweedy (thats not a typo), the album is equal parts pensive and panicked.Theres more space here than on 1994s genre-defining Face of Collapse – longer silences, stranger structures – but the DNA is unmistakable. Darin Grays bass anchors the chaos with geometric slabs of melody. Blake Flemings drumming rolls and twitches like an oncoming panic attack. And Nick Sakes guitar is pure sheets-of-sound clanging – the perfect foil to the vocal cords he pushes past the pain threshold on tracks like Serpentarium and Bottom Feeder. The rhythm sections jazz schooling is evident, but thanks to Sakes untrained attack, so is the post-punk impulse to destroy what youve just built.Fully remastered and repackaged, this edition of Dig Out the Switch brings a landmark album back into focus – restoring the tension, grime, and urgency that influenced a generation of math rock, noise, and experimental hardcore acts to come.Essential for fans of Craw, Shellac, Blind Idiot God, and the parts of your record collection you dont show to strangers.Dazzling Killmen include former and current members of The Mars Volta, Upright Forms & Tweedy.————-Press Quotes:————-Helped usher in a myriad of movements, including math-rock, math-metal and prog-core, all the while defying classification. CLRVYNTThis keyed-up debut shows a band dynamically stretching themselves, battering tunes to the brink. They ceaselessly spit scat-jazz and hardcore sparks, with demented drumming backing artful guitar manoeuvres – NMEA collective personal hell set to tape. Trouser PressA1. Serpentarium A2. Dig The Hole A3. Captain Is Dead A4. Bottom Feeder A5. Here Comes Mr. Big Face A6. Spiral Mirror A7. Reactor A8. No A9. Premonition A10. Torture A11. Ghost Limb B1. Numb B2. Code Blue