Beautiful Mother - Vanilla

Sometimes an album cover really seems to sum up things nicely, and as is this case here…a fat ugly fucking bruise seems to do an adequate job. Beautiful Mother is a duo based out of Chicago that hurls a big nasty load of noise at the listener on what I believe to be their debut EP Vanilla. It’s reminiscent to the type of guitar sludge/depravity that has been given to us in the past by the likes of Glazed Baby, Billy Bao, etc. By that I mean it rides a fine line between straight noise and the whole rock part of it by settling into a repetitive lurch of nearly tuneless noise that ultimately works for the EP’s five tracks. The fellow providing the vocals for this seems up to the task of matching the level of violence and overall maladjusted nature of Vanilla, to which I am enjoying. Interested in hearing more.

Beautiful Mother – The Way of Lust [MP3]

This one is up for free download from Bandcamp for those wishing to take a listen to the whole thing. Edit: You can currently get this on limited cassette through Branks Limited. Enjoy!