PAW18 Black Dice - Load Blown Format:CD for simpler times

for simpler times

There’s a song about a loved one dying from an overdose

Western Massachusetts’ Speedy Ortiz manages a bit of magic by conjuring the spirits of classic American indie rock

A lot of things in life are layered and paradoxical

In the face of pain

PAW18 Black Dice - Load Blown Format:CD for simpler timesLoad Blown is the fourth album by Brooklyn's Black Dice. The beats drip and roll, tar pit voices sing into an oil can, and the guitars crank like calliope. Some tunes crackle and burble like submerged television, others bump and click along like a Summer Jam concert series from another dimension. While a noticeable change in tone encompasses Load Blown (some tunes veer close to pop songs), this is a work of over stimulation, a product of frenzied