Try to Recall Your Life

A change of pace this time around. While the Goslings are certainly a dark and all consuming entity, their output is more along the lines of a post shoegaze, white noise hybrid rather than our usual black metal coverage. The tracks contained on the Perfect Interior cdr conjure a dreamlike air that teeters dangerously close to the nightmarish.

Rumbling low end bleeds into shimmering ambience, spoken word diatribes lead into Slowdive-esque vocal bliss, and simplistic picked notes become epic scales of white noise. Wearing their influences firmly on their sleeves, The Goslings meld them into something altogether new, and decidedly haunting. At times I feel like I am listening to the lost tapes of a older, maniacal Kevin Shields or Rachel Goswell while at others it could be unearthed recordings of the ghost whisperings that take place where the oldest of souls lie. All of this is presented as a very lo-fi experience, think white noise as radio static more so than scathing metallic feedback.

There is a sparse beauty in these tracks and also a haunting aura that gives these recordings an interesting duality.

download: Celestine