Dama/Libra - Claw CD (Mega Blowout Sale)
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23-NS 056
“In 1819, the Spanish painter Francisco Goya, physically debilitated by two near-fatal illnesses and traumatised by witnessing the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars close up in Madrid, headed to a small house just outside the city to rest and recover. During the four or so years he spent there, he produced an astonishing, intense series of works, painted directly onto the walls of his dining and sitting rooms, quite unlike anything he had created before.
Now known as the Black Paintings, these are visceral works of great power, depicting a Manichean world of pain and violence. The most famous of these works is an horrific interpretation of the legend of the god Saturn devouring his own son. Others depict people huddled together in a dark, unforgiving landscape. Another shows two figures duelling with cudgels in a seemingly unending conflict.
I think of the Black Paintings every time I listen to Claw, the debut record from DAMA/LIBRA, a duo made up of Joel RL Phelps (formerly of Silkworm and currently The Downer Trio) and G. Stuart Dahlquist (Burning Witch/SunnO))), Asva). It is the sonic equivalent of Goya’s paintings, a howl of rage hurled into the dark against a hostile and uncaring universe, a drone rock epic that nevertheless manages to be as life affirming as it is emotionally wrenching.”-Louder Than War
- LabelNorthern Spy
- UPC703610875258