Split with Cursillistas

Cassette, 45 minutes

A. Cursillistas “Great Salt Desert”
B. Love Cult “Breadcrumb Ponytail” / “Somn

Label: Blackest Rainbow

Year: 2010
Cat. no.: BRR159
Limited to 100

“Breadcrumb Ponytail”: Anya, Ivan, Nikolay, Sergey
“Somn”: Anya, Ivan live @ A2
Recorded summer 2009 in Saint Petersburg
Photo by Joe Blanchard

“Brand new split cassette from Portland, Maine based Cursillistas, who recently had superb LPs on Time-Lag and Digitalis, and Love Cult from Petrozavodsk, Russia. First up is Cursillistas’ epic 23 minute ‘Great Salt Desert’, a superb weirded out blues drenched, desert dried, psychedelic mirage. A real fine side summing up how awesome Cursillistas are, if you haven’t checked them yet, don’t miss this side! The B side opens with Love Cult’s ‘Breadcrumb Ponytail’, a swirling blissful distortion dripping psyche dream, a really beautiful 11 minute wonder. This is followed by ‘Somn’ a more crushing electrifying piece with tinkering and rattling from unrecognizable objects, distorted feedback blurts and what sounds like then objects trying to communicate.” (Blackest Rainbow)

Review: Norman Records

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