October 21, 2022
Telephone Explosion Records
1xLP
Like all great albums, Water & Tools is more than the sum of its parts. But like all great albums, there are moments that paradoxically transcend the whole, and stand by themselves. In this case, it is the twelve minute intro "Humility," which acts as a fulcrum for the eight songs that follow. What begins as a tempest of crashing drums, waves of drone and all of nature's fury eventually calm themselves. In the storm’s heart, when the layers of noise and friction and cacophony swell beyond their means and topple and subside, there is a dreamlike organ, birdsong, Jairus' broken alto, and nirvana.