Earthen Sea / Insect Factory ~ Split

One part ambient drone, one part abrasion and one part melodic guitar, Earthen Sky / Insect Factory‘s split LP offers a variety of sounds to its listeners, each designed for a different mood.  One might consider this a yin and yang

Blue Sausage Infant ~ Manitou

Manitou is a potpourri of an album: a little drone here, a little rock there, some experimentalism, some dance music.  One can’t glean the full picture from a single track; listening to half of the album only yields half of the

Insect Factory/Luciernaga ~ Split C-80

A while back we reviewed Insect Factory‘s Melodies from a Dead Radio, and now Baltimore’s Jeff Barsky has returned on a split C-80, sharing space with Brooklyn’s Luciernaga.  The packaging is particularly nice: a reel-to-reel box that manages to come across as even

Insect Factory ~ Melodies from a Dead Radio

An intriguing title is a great start, and from the very first track, Melodies from a Dead Radio delivers on its promise.  One would imagine said melodies to be static-filled, ghostly, out of focus, difficult to comprehend.  The shortwave radio burst of