While i've been listening to Mondo's musical endeavors, I've also been giving our very own Frownland a listen with his music. Admittedly, I have said multiple times that I don't think what he does could really be considered "music" or he lacks talent etc etc, but in all honesty, I think of him the same way I think of Mondo. It takes some intelligence and know how to do what they do, and both of them are very good examples of what you should expect to hear in the genres they focus on.
For the first album of Frownland, I went with an album by his project
Wolves In Sheepskin titled
Lizard of Ox:
Wolves In Sheepskin - Lizard of Ox
The reason I want to talk about this album first is because it was the first album I decided to dive into when I noticed that Frownland was making music. I want to also mention that I started to be curious about his music way before I had a decent understanding of what music he was even making, and with that sort of "non knowingness", I kind of skipped through the album and didn't really say much about it. However, that has taken a significant turn nowadays. This album is really interesting in the way that he uses a lot of different kinds of sounds to make music that I have personally never heard of before. Admittedly, this does fall under the tags of avant-gard e / free jazz / noise-art, and with as much understanding as I have of what that stuff is, this album certainly does it well. Coming in at 8 tracks, with each track average between 6-10 minutes long, you'll probably find yourself getting more and more interested in the music as the album progresses. I can't really say if this album will be a continuous album for me, but I am happy I listened to it again now that my understanding on the genre is a bit more refined than it used to be.
Moving onto an album that I actually like quite a bit...
Wolves In Sheepskin - How Your Mother Cried Last Night
This album seems to be much more up my alley for what I look for in this type of stuff. After listening to Mondo's music for as long as I did to prepare for the reviews (still more to come) that I did, I kind of grew attached to that nasty grimy drone sound that he seems to have gotten down to a natural talent. Frownland sort of went with that same type of deal in this album, and I really like it. I don't mean to compare the two artists in a review like this, but I know that they know their music can be similar in certain cases, so I feel it's ok to mention it. Coming in at 5 tracks, with the first track starting you off with a whopping 23 minutes, you can bet your best bets you'll find a bit of enjoyment in this album. It's not as straight-forward drone as you'd get from a Trouble Salad album like I mentioned, but it's still damn good for what it is. This is an album I will most likely listen to a lot more to really get the feel for it. I also want to mention that I think that whopping 23 minute track titled "Stained Glass Skyscraper" is my favorite track on the entire album. I'm sure that'll change over time though. A whole lot of different styles going on in this album that will surely keep me interested for a long time.