Vague Fugue Vague Fugue cassette
Solo project of Nathan Loud from Portland, Oregon. Scuzzy guitars, slappy drums, distorted vocals, and phone-call-quality samples; a lo-fi dirge born in the basement, destined for the crappy cassette player in yours. The music finds a tension between droning guitar lines paired with largely unrecognizable lyrics (thank you for providing printed lyrics) and faster sections of psych-drenched hardcore. “Make Them” comes out as the gem for me, with a catchier chorus than the rest and solid riffing—but then end the fucking song! What’s all that feedback, shouting, and random guitar soloing in the last thirty seconds? All that aside, this is a decent little EP with some humor attached in the laborious description of the plastic and paper that were sourced for the cassette, as well as the “Limited (500,000) Cassette” line on the Bandcamp page. For a taste of something way left of the dial, try out VAGUE FUGUE.