EQUIPMENT POINTED ANKH - "Without Human Permission" LPEquipment Pointed Ankh Without Human Permission LP (Astral Editions Sophomore Lounge, 2021) "Originally the brainchild of Jim Marlowe (Tropical Trash, Teal Grapefruit, etc), Equipment Pointed Ankh has been churning out material since 2016, with a handful of tape releases, a previous LP, "Live" (Sophomore Lounge, 2019) and a dozen or so digital releases. Since forming, EPA has focused on a sort of long form blown out raga, noise, drone vibe with a

if Tom Waits was relevant

and I had soon discovered that the band's lead singer/songwriter

Fight’ also broadens horizons

I was having a fucking blast

devolved rock music with a cracked audio-verite edge and a ton of heart

with requisite sand dune crawl (“Border”) and disintegrating tape/blown limiter satisfaction (“Drone Beetle)

Live At Tubby's now documents a highlight and closure of sorts

This is how humans evolve

playing many or all of the live instruments himself

offering up an expansive collection of music released in 1993 and ’94 as Electro Music Union

somewhat John Fogerty-ish voice is the perfect vehicle for his and Stewart's greasy

Kiwanuka got a guest artist credit on their last album