The eponymous debut solo album by Michael Polizze of Birds of Maya fame, brings us even more fuzzed out acid rock than we heard on 2008's Vol. 1. The Birds' debut was very similar to classic Sabbath (recorded on 1% the budget), and has also been described as sounding like a 'GG Allin demo played through a megaphone', but Purling Hiss takes an approach more akin to the sprawling acid rock laid down by Japanese underground groups such as High Rise, Les Rallizes Dénudés, or Marble Sheep. The opening notes of feedback, instantly melt into fuzz-riffing, and acid-soaked, wah-wah solos, all punctuated by a drum kit barely audible over the guitar onslaught. On top of all this, the occasional vocals are pure Mizutani (of Les Rallizes Dénudés) - delayed, echoed and distorted into a sea of god-like noise, overseeing the ass-kicking garage-jam going on in the foreground. Vocals aren't present on every track, but the ever-present face-melting guitar solos certainly are.
The album is essentially made up of three extended jams (Almost Washed My Hair, Montage Mountain, and Purple Hiss) with three brief tracks composed of noise, psychedelia and in-studio spontaneity (White Noise Machine, Dui, and Sound of Montage). Unfortunately, Permanent Records is listing this LP as "out of print" (guilt-free download anyone?), but it will surely gather a cult following, much like Vol. 1 did. Definitely one of the albums of 2009, I give you a modern masterpiece of homemade, acid garage rock....listen LOUD!
Purling Hiss - s/t (2009)
1. Almost Washed My Hair 9:19
2. Montage Mountain 11:10
3. White Noise Machine 1:47
4. Dui 1:17
5. Purple Hiss 14:28
6. Sound of Montage 1:32
Total 39:30
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