(Ae) Maeth marks the first time Manning has enlisted outside help in the early stages of creation - starting with producer and engineer Kevin McMahon (Swans
including those two outtakes
resulting in their most cohesive and focused effort to date
You can hear that deep musical history
What initially began as a passion project by producer/engineer Will Putney (Every Time I Die
The Locust "Plague Soundscapes" meta-oos (Ae) Maeth marks the firstAIDED BY ALEX NEWPORT'S CLEAN, CONFIDENT PRODUCTION, THIS RECORD CRAMS 23 SONGS INTO JUST AROUND THE SAME AMOUNT OF MINUTES PILING UNPREDICTABLE, SPLIT SECOND CHANGES, BLASTS OF 2 SECOND LONG SPACE RIFFS, AND LUPINE SCREAMS ONTO SPAZZED OUT KEYBOARDS THAT SOUND TOTALLY INHUMAN AND STRANGELY ORGANIC. IT'S NERVY AND SINUOUS AND, ABOVE ALL ELSE, UNCOMFORTABLY APOCALYPTIC WHICH MAKES EVEN MORE SENSE NOW, CONSIDERING THE TEMPER OF THE TIMES WHEN IT WAS