Wolf Eyes Releases
 

I'm going to see them play tonight so im in the mood to start a discussion

Which is your favourite release?

I like it when they do the quieter build-up stuff. I have to explain to people that they are not really a 'Noise' band. Its like how people call my my more experimental compositions 'Noise'. When its not at all.. Ive heard people call Glenn Branca a noise composer too...that made me laugh.

Glenn Branca? Noise? WHaT?

Burned Mind is the only Wolf Eyes that I am familiar with. Dead in A Boat, Stabbed in the Face, and Ancient Delay are all pretty cool tracks.

my faves are dead hills and stabbed in the face (12" and the split-lp of the same name they made with panicsville).

i saw them last weekend, they were great. haven't heard the latest album though (human animal), but i've heard it's good.

I like Dread the best but I have only heard a handful of their records in the context of of their massive discography.

hey Iain enjoy wolf eyes tonight!

I will, I hope. You too....

I thought I might not be able to go because I got some sort of food poisoning thing yesterday and spent all day in bed. But I am much improved today although still a bit rough.

human animal is my favourite, black vomit w/anthony braxton is great too. if you think they aren't noise you are crazy.

Just downloaded Human Animal (Dont worry I am going to buy it). Its really interesting album.

Have you checked out 'Trawsfynydd Lo-Fi Liberation' front they or he is opening for Wolf Eyes tonight. Really very good

going to see 'em on Sunday. will be my sixth time seeing 'em. my favourite record of theirs is the Fuck the Old Miami 12" on Important. slightly underwhelmed by Human Animal at first although I have warmed to it somewhat...

The albums I have:

Dead In A Boat- (with Anthony Braxton) Hot shit, only live album of theirs I own. The slow ,droney jams with double sax, hits off Burned Mind and between song banter are all great.

Slicer- The strangest album I have of theirs. Almost like minimalist techno or something. Top stuff.

Uglied- It says it's got the Dead Hills recordings on it but I think thats a lie. It's really jammy and lo-fi but good.

Fuck Pete Larsen- It's a bit too much like someone just recorded their practice. There are some good bits but probably my least favourite.

Wolf Eyes/Grey Daturas Split- They do their horror movie, metal scraping stuff here. Both bands sides are pretty rad. Grey Daturas are a drone band from Australia.

Burned Mind-On first listen it wasn't really enjoyable but it was exciting. I'd never heard anything like it before (it'd just moved from a place without any decent record stores), it must have been the album I listened to most in 2005. It was a pretty important album for me, I didn't know anything this extreme before it.

Human Animal- Some people thought the first half was pretty boring, but I loved it. Over all as good, if not better than Burned Mind. The Driller wasn't as good as Stabbed In the Face but Noise Not Music is pretty close.

River Slaughter- Double LP on Prurient's Hospital Productions. I love this record it's like a horror movie soundtrack with low end electronics, metal scraping, slow sax. Not for everyone but definately in my top three.

I consider myself a pretty big fan of Wolf Eyes but am missing some pretty big albums. What should I get next?

Dog Jaw is worth picking up.. I've yet to pick up River Slaughter but from yr description, it sounds like similar territory

I'd say get Dread...I think that one is ace as I have said.

Dread absolutely, may have the best single recorded track in their discography "Burn Your House Down"

my all time favorite is black vomit with anthony braxton. "thurston wants to talk about star wars!"

also kick ass:

dog jaw
burned mind (yeah yeah, i know, it's kinda like a junkier smegma, this one)
human animal

AVOID RIVER SLAUGHTER AT ALL COSTS, dullest record ever released, it's just amplifier hum with a few cymbal ticlinks and chain rattling, and all that for a whole fucking hour!!! it's beyond me that people actually paid $20+plus for such a piece of shit.

black vomit w/ braxton is amazing.
so is fuck the old miami.
they are my two favourites.
i also love their set on the no fun dvd.

black vomit for sure

one of my favourites is the last one i bought: Six Arms and Sucks.

i'm still waiting for Black Wing Over The Sand to get home :mad:

i'm seeing them on sunday, can't wait.

Yes I certainly did.

It was ace, ace, ace. I even liked Consumer Electronics this time. The sound he was pumping out was a hell of a lot more physical and opressive whereas last time I saw him it was really shrill and just annoying. Also, he was a lot funnier. I was sold after about 3 minutes when he started rubbing his nipples.

I quite liked Trawsfynydd Lo-Fi Liberation Front, although I missed the first 10 minutes of their set, and Somatic Response were alright as well.

Wolf Eyes were fantastic and I overheard much gushing praise from a few people. My friend said it was like being 15 again and seeing Napalm Death. I also heard one bloke say it was like "seeing The Beatles before anyone knew who they were" and that it was "music to cross continents for". Which I thought was probably overstating it a little bit. They were ace though except I would have liked a bit more sax.

John Olson is an amazing sax player... you ever heard any Graveyards shit? (Olsen's free jazz project)

Yeah consumer electronics was the funniest thing i have ever seen. It was incredable. My friend walked out halfway though the first set. He couldnt take it. some people...

i like birth refusal more than wolf eyes these days. graveyards too.

Can't chose between Human Animal and Burned mind but I guess I'd go with The first one because It's sounds like a far more mature album then their previous one's, in the meaning that their music has grown. The songs sound a lot more different and aren't just plain "noise" tracks.

i'm seeing them in like a month and a half or something. let's see if they live up to their reputation.

i love wolf eyes, i think theres a reason there more well known than a lotta noise bands; theyre one of the best:

my faves:
human animal
burned mind
dead hills ep
split casette with metalux
fuck pete larsen lp
droll casettes

they have so much, ive doubt ive even heard all their stuff

no worries, theyre great live. the sax sounds so good live, it doesnt come through as well on the records, but sounds heavenly in concert.

They're okay, I have listened to.. at last count... 107 of their albums. (I have a notepad file on my computer called "wolfeyes.txt" which lists every wolf eyes album I've heard, for future reference -- I know that's kinda geeky, but I don't want to hear the same album twice, and they have so many similiar titles). Some are amongst the worst shit I've heard in my entire fucking life (halloween holocausts for example)... some are really great. Most is decent or a little worse than decent.

I can safely say "BLACK VOMIT" is my favorite.

I think Wolf Eyes generally make better albums when collaborating with other artists.

wolf eyes..... they once were the in band to like yknow...

my favourites

black vomit
burned mind
dog jaw
dread...

i thought human animal was terrible.

be warned tho, the vast majority of wolf eyes is tripe

try aaron dilloways asset stripping as well, its great!

i know a guy who sold this for 100-plus dollars on ebay.

w.e. side projects are a hair better in average.

dilloway solo can be pretty awesome
demons are great.
hair police of course can achieve greatness more frequently.
graveyards can be really good but mostly are mediocre.
birth refusal are ok.
dead machines are mostly abyssmal, worse than wolf eyes can be and that's saying a lot.

I actually REALLY like Hair Police.

Mainly the stuff with drums, but it's all really cool..

When I first read this I mistook sex for sax!

...I then had a daydream about having sex accompanied by a Wolf Eyes soundtrack... not a concept that would naturally spring to mind.

Wich are the "less noisy" albuns? What would you recommend? I've only heard Human Animal and didn´t like it.

why bother?

wolf eyes are the less noisy noise band, if you can't like them then you can't like noise.

seriously, why bother?

^^^ Agreed.

I'm not "trying" to like them just because i want be into noise. I didn't like human animal and i wanted to check out another album, just that. I didn't dislike it for being noisy, i just didn't like it.
I guess asking for the "less noisy" albums gave you that idea. If you could just ignore that part and recommed any good album by them i'd be grateful.

black vomit, their collaboration with anthony braxton. get that one, probably the only one by them that's plainly great.

^^^ Agreed.

Thanks!