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Terminal

by Social Junk

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1.
Fall Out 03:32
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Mortal men Stare out at the night sky Fall out
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Terminal 11:30
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Shut your eyes and you'll burst into flames
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Untitled 01:13
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Lockdown 04:19
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Walk out to the battles Wash off the remains Hide out in the big hole Watch out for the crew My face is covered in trash Lock down...........
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Days That Follow 09:28
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Of Protection (BONUS TRACK) 21:10
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"If Social Junk handed me this tape back in 2008 and claimed it was the soundtrack to the end, I wouldn't have a tough time believing them. With dread and spread, Terminal plays out like a world gone wrong framed in TV movie prophecy. At face value, titles like "Fallout" or "Lockdown" suggest a narrative that traces the tumble-line of societal collapse in the wake of nuclear devastation. Not that they spell it out so explicitly. Plenty of room for the imagination to sort it out. No hand-holding.

Terminal legs it between marathon and sprint. The long draw of unlikely harmony between Heather Young's plainsong drift and attack warning siren red on the title track is matched with the abbreviated machina electrica of "Untitled." The duo takes the modal point of view, stretching single shots to their logical conclusion. They don't shred over tracks but descend into them, the depths of inflow caves, rummaging through the dwellings of infinity, prolonged moods in music. Durational awareness fades.

All over the place, objects are intentionally misused until they make melody. Flat rhythms and drone notes level the saw cuts to create an illusory flat surface, smooth but unfinished. "My face is covered in trash," repeats a waterlogged Noah Anthony on "Lockdown," a post-apocalyptic "Rock n' Roll, Pt. II," as spongy and springy incendiaries splash then seep into the membranes of ritual drums. Channels are scanned for shelter in the wedges of the unknown, apparational and tactile. The phylogenesis of electricity flows into applied experiments, arranged for the purpose of grinding aesthetics."

-Rick Weaver, May 2020

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released June 5, 2020

Noah Anthony: Tape Loops, Vocals, Percussion, Keyboards
Heather Young: Vocals, Loops, Guitar, Percussion
Recorded in Oakland, CA; December 2008
Originally released on Arbor Tapes as a split with Lazy Magnet
Remastered by Noah Anthony, May 2020

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Experimental group from West Virginia led by Heather Young and Noah Anthony that existed from 2002-2010.

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