Notes from the Underground: KOWLOON WALLED CITY
One of the cooler packages to come across my desk in a while was the 10-inch red translucent vinyl EP, Turk Street (Wordclock Records), from San Francisco pummelers Kowloon Walled City.
Like their namesake—a neglected tenement in British Hong Kong unclaimed by both China an Britain and home to gangsters, junkies and whores—Kowloon Walled City generate filthy atmospheres, jerking rhythms and good-old suffocating sonic congestion.
Turk Street’s five songs are led by frontman Scott Evans’ down-tuned, torched guitar work and power-shredded vocals, with the seriously bulldozing rhythm section of drummer Jeff Fagundes, bassist Ian Miller and guitarist Jason Pace in tow.
This is some violent sludge for fans of Torche, early Neurosis and, of course, the mighty Melvins.
To purchase this limited edition vinyl head over to inthewalledcity.com, where you can also download Turk Street EP for free. Score. —Brad Angle
Holy crap! I really like what I’m hearing. If you are at all a fan of sludge metal, check these guys out. Really cool heavy stuff.