ANTIchildLEAGUE
/ THE RITA – split tape.2018. Cassette. Obsessive Fundamental Realism.
Obsessive Fundamental Realism - http://obsessivefundamentalrealism.blogspot.com/
ANTIchildLEAGUE - https://antichildleague.bandcamp.com/
The RITA - http://bakurita.blogspot.com/
ANTIchildLEAGUE
-Elephant
in the room you can control.
-I’d
rather stay in my hell than share your paradise. No remorse.
-Psychometric
test.
-Larva
epidemic.
THE
RITA
-Gaya
Donadio Study (Audio and Aesthetic).
The ACL side of this split
starts small with eerily atmospheric and minimal sound. It eventually juxtaposes
vague background dialogue and noises that gradually build up. Beeps and drones are
playful; other sounds contrast this by snarling at and threatening the
listener. In parallel to this the sound shifts from being chaotic to knowingly structured.
On here vocals are used as
noise and aren’t often coherent or spoken; screamed hysteria cuts into tracks
dramatically and builds extra layers on what is already there. On later tracks
beeps and drones become nauseous and intimidating as horrible
vocal sounds bully until waves of static offer an alternate static, waves of
static distortion flood the proceedings. Larva Epidemic is part ambient soundscape
interrupted by urgent repetitive noise.
ACL gleams when the noise is
left to do most of the work and titles are suggestive without binding the work
too tightly to an overall concept. As I play this release I can immediately say
that this is thankfully the ugliest, rawest
ACL release in ages – Best work yet.
The Rita are now a duo of Sam
McKinlay and Arlie Doyle, they deliver a slab of noise which is direct and immediate;
you are thrown straight in the middle of layers of deep, dense, static walls of
distortion. This is cut into with drops and quick stops in sound intermittently
with change provided by some impressive shifts across the stereo range and
changes of the overall tone of the walls sound. Screaming noise reveals behind the
main wall of static and its continually crackling distortion as my attention
shifts.
As with many Rita releases the
cover is adorned with legs, this time in fishnet stockings/tights. Gaya Donadio
appears on the rear cover in heavy eyeliner and a fishnet mask. Women’s legwear
- a regular Rita theme dominates this recording. I personally respect this
dedication to one’s own interests and with this I finally get why I love the
Rita releases that I have. The bold abstract qualities of The Rita have forced
the same out of ACL resulting in a solid recording that is typical of Obsessive
Fundamental Realism’s growing line of releases.
Choppy Noodles - 2018