Support Unit - Illegalist

Support Unit – Illegalist – Trash Fuck Records- Cassette/Download – 2022.

https://trashfuckrecords.bandcamp.com/album/illegalist

https://supportunit.bandcamp.com/

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       1.       The Spectre of Jules Bonnot.

       2.       May Every Crime Be an Attack on Property.

Wikipedia says - Jules Joseph Bonnot (October 14, 1876 – April 28, 1912) was a French bank robber famous for his involvement in a criminal anarchist organization dubbed "The Bonnot Gang" by the French press. He viewed himself as a professional and avoided bloodshed, preferring to outwit his targets.

Support Unit is based in Fargo, North Dakota. It is the work of Brandon Wald and has been releasing since 2015. Brandon also runs Black Ring Rituals Records.

The Spectre of Jules Bonnot throws out a dense thick wall with an unnerving undercurrent. The compression in this work is immediately felt by the listener. Is there a riot going on in the background? I don’t know, but the fact that I am shitting myself from the off, is a sign of good work. There is a rhythm to the distortion that chops away, but the thickness to the sound is consistently present. Any shifts in the work (of which there are several) are immediately noticeable as they happen – these can either be in the compression of the distortion or what is happening in the background. The Spectre of Jules Bonnot, drags and shudders its’ way across close to twenty minutes.

The second track – May Every Crime Be an Attack on Property has more of a shout to it’s wall of distortion, it yells at the listener, not as bass heavy, but a nastier with a slightly sharper tone. The disturbing background chaos of the previous track is replaced by a torturous, hellish background undercurrent. Jarring pitches of tone cut into the distortion. These changes cause the work to go into the more challenging wall territory demonstrated by acts like Dosis Letalis, RRR and anything Dan Fox (Inner Demons Records) creates. The progress of HNW work is subtle, it takes challenging work like this to demonstrate that. Moving on, this is a livelier track than the opener as the different elements that shift between combatting and complimenting each other endlessly add a lot of energy.

Illegalist fully reflects the danger of it's subject, you didn't mess around with the Bonnot Gang. Support Unit delivers strong work, this is well worthy of purchase and the label fully deserves your support.

Nothing and Nobody, eradicator of all scene cliques 2022