Bernt Anker 7" EP (2009)

7" EP released September 2009 on Dull Knife. Edition of 300 hand-numbered copies.

a1 Fire
a2 Cicada Killer

b1 For Matthia
b2 Pedicularis

from http//www.citypaper.com/:

"No sense in overcomplicating it--Bernt Anker, Rosemary Krust's second 7-inch of '09, is simple in dissection. Take one part "pretty" and blast, flood, or stew it with two parts fuzz and/or feedback. For the net result, imagine His Name Is Alive caught in a dust storm, if you like. And it's that simplicity--and a weird and hard-to-explain lack of self-consciousness--that helps make this frequently so sublime. And effortlessly so. In a way, 2008's relatively varied Slow Light LP--misshapen indie-rock melodies; inward-looking, minimal Zomes-y drone, and vibe-mess, mostly one at a time--was simpler, and less shambolic. Bernt Anker starts off slow with "Fire," a big reverberating guitar line snaking out a melody while Katherine Plummer sings from what sounds like purgatory; it's captivating, not like a fire but like all-encompassing gravity. "For Matthia," meanwhile, is a transcendent mess of distant guitar cloudburst and what sounds like a tiny accordion, while a simple pop song traces through the fray. And all four songs reduce to something like pop lovingly damaged--which is an idea that's been effed to all hell by the hype machine, but credit Rosemary Krust with a beautiful pre-hype take on it, at least. For more information visit dullkniferecords.com." - Michael Byrne

from http://www.volcanictongue.co.uk:

"Hand-numbered edition of 300 copies 7” from this Baltimore boy/girl duo with a similar feel to early Charalambides and the basement styles of the 90s underground. The fuzz guitar approximates the infinite riffing euphoria of Luxurious Bags’ classic Frayed Knots side, with floating female vocals and handclaps that pilot it straight into the narcotic pop zone and a brokedown/avant garage style that is aesthetically spot-on. Excellent."


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