King-Mob’s use of loops, processed drones, razory and expansive guitar on “Arabesque” is hypnotic in its gritty and menacing yet haunted way. In its harrowing layers one hears resonances with The Body, This Heat and Swans. Pounding, accented, processional percussion interspersed with steady cymbal hits are almost a solid counterpoint to the gloriously scuzzy haze and distended cacophony of the other elements of the music working together and then manifesting as ascending, post-metal riffage but dissolving into ghostly atmospheres. It is refreshingly unlike much else you’ll be hearing this year unless you’re deep into the outsider noise and the weirder end of industrial noise rock and even at that it’s challenging to make any immediate comparisons yet it clearly has a strong creative coherence of its own. Listen to “Arabesque” on Spotify and follow King-Mob at the links provided.
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