Label: Meat Machine
Genre: Canadian Post-Punk
A compilation of the first two EPs from the seemingly billiion-piece (currently: seven) Canadian collective. The story goes that various addiction issues and personal traumas provided the basis for their forming, and to some degree that's reflected in a kind of agitated, high tension collection of taut and wiry post-punk more British than North American. Not so much songs, but a series of vague manifestos that see Crack Cloud rage against abstract unjust systems of control in a mildly Foucauldian manner (The Body seems to be a central topic). More so, it feels sharply iconoclastic, possessed of a commanding sense of self that is instantly compelling and strangely erotic. Not much sexier than those who truly know themselves.
Tracklisting
1. More of What
2. Drab Measure
3. Time Unsubsidized
4. Cap//Cloak
5. Bastard Basket
6. Lack of Lack
7. Graph of Desire
8. Empty Cell
9. Image Craft
10. Philosopher's Calling
11. Swish Swash
