Slaught by Endless Idiot
Slaught is different from previous EI releases. Less eclectic, less post-punk, and less driven by beats, it's mainly built on drones and folk-inspired structures. With Sisyphus and Skull and Fork I was aiming for "spiky"; for Slaught I'm hoping for "unease"... There are ghosts, persecutions, odd nursery rhyme and fairground echoes, drifting notes, reverb, swells of orchestration, bits of poetry in the lyrics, bits of field recordings and found sound in the audio.
Some of the songs existed as ideas or in draft form in 2022; the field recordings date from 2022 also. But the bulk of Slaught was written and recorded between January and February 2023, and mixed (and in part re-written and re-recorded) in March. The final mixes were finished, refinished, finished again and mastered, in April 2023. It was a messy, bitty, obsessive, circular, infuriating process. I'm pleased it's over, and miss it already.
Tracklist
| 1. | Clumsy Sunday | 4:49 |
| 2. | Neighbours | 3:49 |
| 3. | On and Off | 4:18 |
| 4. | Cut | 2:57 |
| 5. | Watersmeet | 2:29 |
| 6. | Roundabout | 4:58 |
| 7. | Lambs | 2:45 |
| 8. | Cold Eyes | 4:35 |
| 9. | Table Talk | 1:25 |
Credits
As with all Endless Idiot releases to date, Endless Idiot wrote, sang, played, recorded, mixed, mastered and released everything on a DIY basis.
License
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Endless Idiot is a one-faced musical mash exploring different styles and going where the fancy takes. So far the fancy has led to synthwave, post-punk, hauntology, dark folk, minimalism, field recordings, and experimental and orchestral writing. DIY wherever possible, Endless Idiot has fronted or contributed to a fair few bands over the years, most recently punk outfit Who Killed Nancy Johnson?