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Implodes - Black Earth

Review by Neil Ashman

Atmospheric, otherworldly and starkly beautiful.»

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for fans of of ken camden, wooden shjips and stars of the lid. 'black earth' is a haunted and magical place. there's an old barn there with many rooms and a silo that's filled with dead insects. outside there's a big wood pile filled with spider webs that probably has black widows living in it. there are mysterious plants growing everywhere. at night, when the air is crisp and clean, you can lie on your back by the fire and look up at the stars and listen to the animals and insects making their music. a trip to black earth could change you forever and you may want to never leave. implodes has been to 'black earth' and they made an album in its honour, dark and murky music for that dark and murky place. cavernous guitar tones and dense melodies are present everywhere. hidden beneath the layers of reverb, delay and distortion are deceptively simple and beautiful songs about experiences that have been obscured for many years that suddenly become profoundly important. the cobwebs just needed to be pushed aside a bit. implodes is a chicago quartet that has coalesced around guitarists matt jencik and ken camden in the last few years, with the group settling on their current line up in 2009. the group has been hunkered down in a secret location, hard at work honing their craft, and occasionally venturing out for for signs of intelligent life in the real world, as well as the increasingly frequent live show. the first pronouncement from the group was a 2009 self- titled cassette, followed by a solo album from guitarist ken camden on kranky, entitled 'lethargy and repercussions' in early 2010.
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