Harpoon - Deception Among Birds

#193) Harpoon - Deception Among Birds (2011)

 1. To the Tall Trees
2. Prequel to a Lifetime of Dissapointment
3. Dreadnaught
4. Phlegm
5. Troglodyte's Delight
6. The Cut of His Jib
7. Shit Wizard
8. Deception Among Birds

Harpoon's 2nd and most recent album. in the 2 years since they released Double Gnarly/Triple Suicide  they've improved by leaps and bounds. they've added a 3rd member to the band in D.J. Barraca (bassist for Lair of the Minotaur, another great Chicago band that i'll be getting to soon). i don't know if that has anything to do with the sound change but i'm happy either way.

(if anyone cares, "To the Tall Trees" is the track off the Locrian split that i mentioned in my last post. i should've probably mentioned that then...)

Harpoon - Double Gnarly/Triple Suicide

Like Flies The Lies Swarm Around Your Head

#192) Harpoon - Double Gnarly/Triple Suicide (2009)

 1. Company Man
2. Lefty
3. The Midget and the Duchess
4. The Cacographer
5. Walter Reuther
6. Buddy System
7. Sloth-Ass
8. Frogs, Boils, Locusts...
9. Throngs
10. Bad Beekeeping
11. You Should Be Longer
12. The Difficulty in Listening to the Elderly

i first heard these guys on a split they did with Locrian. they're a 2 man drum machine grind band from Chicago featuring Toney Vast-Binder (of 7000 Dying Rats) on vocals and Dean Costello handling guitar, bass and drum programming. at times it reminded me a bit of Plague Bringer but the riffs aren't as good and the vocals are occasionally a little...i dunno, sometimes i just don't dig 'em. overall it's a pretty rad album though.