Heirs to the legacy of industrial noise pioneered by groups like Whitehouse and Throbbing Gristle, Wolf Eyes has emerged as arguably the most popular and artistically significant of the new noise wave. With Nate Young, John Olson and Hair Police’s Mike Connelly (previous incarnations of the group included Aaron Dilloway and Andrew W.K.—which might come as a surprise to fans of W.K.’s absurdist jock anthems), Wolf Eyes are said to have released over 150 recordings, mostly in limited run DIY formats like CD-R, lathes or cassette tapes. Their sound, which bludgeons traditional song-structure to an unrecognizable pulp, consists of swelling masses of sonic magma filled with cacophonous clatter and dark pools of dense abstraction. Raw, primitive and monolithically loud, the band still manages to mold sweeping, operatic ebbs and flows that build toward moments of glorious catharsis. Check them out with openers the Golden Dawn Trio at Soundlab next Thursday (Oct. 11), 9pm.
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