Microwaves – Via Weightlessness lpMicrowaves Via Weightlessness lp Of innumerable bands that traffic in dissonance, the musick of Pittsburgh, PAs Microwaves shears clean and hot as an oxy lance through the defenses of even the most cynical noise rock aficionado. The trio plies a no wave prog thrash scree that evokes the doings of todays renegade wetware punks who shove glass sheathed RFID chips and rare earth magnets into fresh incisions dimensions away from the bluesy shot and beer

The harsh vocals

when it’s 1999 and Blink-182 is what your peers consider punk … they were a welcome compromise

and offers a curious fusion of influences that’s commendable in its inability to be pigeonholed

simple "eco-package" variation

an aural pasting that could turn even Nobel scientists into stammering ninnies

and that they continue

” were subsequently discovered while tracking the substance to its source in the sewer systems underneath Newtown Creek

the feeling I normally associate with the doom genre is lost behind a wall of technical ability and showmanship

and MODERN MACHINES

as well as their charisma and humour

This is a privilege reserved for groups that have built a sound and created a context

” “Scream