{"product_id":"the-necks-bleed","title":"The Necks - Bleed","description":"\u003cp class=\"first-letter\"\u003eOne of the main challenges for any group of improvising musicians is to figure out ways to push forward without repeating yourself. One would imagine this is especially true for the legendary Australian trio\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Necks, both because they specialise in ultra minimal longform improvised soundscapes, and because they’ve been pursuing these sounds for more than thirty-five years now. Miraculously, it still feels as though each album from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Necks\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a world of its own, from the tangled jungle of 1999’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHanging Gardens\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto the droning death rattle of 2015’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVertigo\u003c\/em\u003e. Their latest record,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBleed\u003c\/em\u003e, is no exception, and stands as one of their most rewardingly mysterious and perplexing releases in quite some time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Necks discography can be generally divided into two types of releases: single tracks that unfold over the length of a full record, and collections of about two to four tracks in the fifteen–twenty minute range.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBleed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efalls into the former category, and is their first single track album since 2018’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBody\u003c\/em\u003e. Despite this, the two albums could not be more of a study in contrasts.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBody\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis The Necks at their most propulsive, centering around a motorik groove that halfway through explodes into a post-rock style blowout.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBleed\u003c\/em\u003e, on the other hand, is a compendium of little sounds folding in and out of the frey with no clear formal structure. \u003cspan\u003eThe end result is one of The Necks’ finest albums in years, one that finds new ground for the trio while still maintaining all the qualities that made their previous work so rewarding. — (via The Quietus)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7hDpe0RCdVTqh4g8KAYJKq?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Northern Spy\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Modern Classical, Jazz\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Avant-garde Jazz, Ambient, Free Improvisation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Modern Classical\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northern Spy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44455282507934,"sku":"309272739435","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a2352063602_10.jpg?v=1730196227","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/the-necks-bleed","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}