Spiteful Womb - Traumacore

 

Spiteful Womb – Traumacore – Tape/Download – Vial Recordings – 2024

https://vialrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/traumacore

https://vialrecordings.bandcamp.com/

https://spitefulwomb.bandcamp.com/

        1.    Touching Bruises.

        2.    Sleeping Bag.

        3.    Cool and Creamy.

        4.    Teeny Tiny Tears.

        5.    Purge Memory.

This is a forthcoming release by Spiteful Womb, a limited cassette of 50 copies on Vial Recordings, a label based in New York. It is the first release since the vinyl release of Interior Castle in 2023 on Cipher Productions.

Touching Bruises feels like it is being wound up to work at the start, a pulsating, muffled rhythm kicks in as ambient sounds go off around it, the sound is nervous, dark and nightmarish. Different noises join in the sound before the rhythm sharpens up to be more prominent. The intensity of the track is constantly adjusted and played with throughout the track. Sleeping Bag demonstrates a word Gaya of ANTIchildLEAGUE used to describe Spiteful Womb’s sound to me ‘Dominant’, this is done through big resonating synthesisers that pulsate as a warped vocal sounds off in the background. Harsh noise starts to attack the drones, leading to a combative ending.

Low tonal, shifting frequencies form Cool and Creamy as drones hum in the background playing off the frequencies. This demonstrates good morbid atmosphere being allowed to lead a track whilst metal rattling tinkers into the sound to bring the track to a close. Infective synths hum and buzz on Teeny Tiny Tears, glitchy waves of noise shift alongside the synths, this is tweaked around to alter the frequency subtly. Nice, sick sounds. Vertigo like loops and field recordings of a baby crying and contact microphoned movements take over the sound, it feels like a glimpse into the artists real life. Loops of water splashing and further drones play out.

The finale sounds like something off Death Odors as Muffled, ambient rumblings start. This is backed by keyboard drones slowly moving around underneath all of this. Subtle distortion hisses through everything, more contact mic creaking shuffles around all of this. Deep, dominant drones begin to undulate amongst the busy atmospheres – all of this is Purge Memory.

Whenever anyone talks about Death Industrial and where it is at now, this artist is a good place to look. Traumacore hits the excellent standards that I expect from this artist.  See the Vial Bandcamp link above for purchase as it is well worthy of that.

Nothing and Nobody 2024.