Victory Hands – Bishop 12"Victory Hands Bishop 12" "BISHOP is the third Victory Hands release. It's named for Jim Bishop, a journalist who wrote a column for King Features. I can't find any particular noteworthy incident that brought Bishop to Nixon's list of media enemies, but his column included many articles criticizing the President's mediaphobia. Though BISHOP is a full size LP, it's not so much that in terms of the amount of musick here. The total time isn't even 26

These guys are obviously very accomplished musicians with absolutely no interest in showing off—the focus here is purely on crafting gut-wrenching epic melody and then burying it under a thick shell of distortion and vitriol

both recorded somewhere between the releases of the two records

down at the Magpie Cage in Baltimore

A resolute rejection of all that human egocentrism and the reptilian brain-based self-interest means

they split up in 2002

Lutz Möllmann (drums) and Arne Hollmann (bass

lo and behold

is writhing on the floor

exploring spaces from within and towards outside

"It only takes about 30 seconds listening to The Mermaids debut LP

Armada has no gospel other than being as good as they can be

Vermell Cel (Blue Blood