Widows Walk
With earmarks of Cabbalistic ritual, smacky trips, mind-rattling confusion, Spider Vomit are a passport to the northernmost hills of Melbourne's band underground; a place where the sun hangs low, blood flows in rivers and the air is a heady mix of free-rock spirit and heavy drugs. Recent live performances of quasi-religious power have hinted at the group's diabolical pleasures, but this debut EP's heavy dose of psych-riffing, swampy rhythms and vocal invocations of evil fun is better than audiences could possibly expect. Widows Walk is the sound of a Bacchanalian cult on acid, draped in tie-dye and furs.
All the signs of ritual murder are present from opener ‘Tail Points to Hell'; glacial guitar fuzzing, knife-like drumwork, hammering bass and outright demonic duel vocals. ‘No Way' is sludgey dance heaven with searing guitar solos and throat-shredding fuck-yous. ‘Problems' has both the riff of the year and a spoken middle section reminiscent of Ciccone Youth's ‘Two Cool Rock Chicks Listen to Neu'. Epic centrepiece ‘Widows Walk' has four movements over seven churning minutes, and closer ‘Evil Bloody Long-Haired Woman' is a hex-inducing revenge curse that ends with a keyboard suiciding. GOOD MEDICINE.
Release: EP
To Cure: The hangover
Keywords: Rock, Bands, Spider Vomit, Psych
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