The Locust - Flight Of The Wounded Locust (4X7")

This band needs no introduction and chances are you either love them or hate them. The Locust's fifth  album Flight Of The Wounded Locust was released back in 2001 on the now defunct label Gold Standard Laboratories. This release marks the bands last release as a 5 piece. Originally, the E.P. was released as a 6 song 7" but a limited run of 3000 copies were made into this package of 4 7"s and released including the tracks off their split with Arab On Radar. Each package has four different colored vinyls that all fit together like a puzzle. Highlight on this album is the title track "Flight Of The Wounded Locust". It is an all electronic instrumental track that clocks in around 3 minutes long, which was probably their longest song released until 2007 when they came out with New Erections. Savor this oldie and the others like it because I'm sure the sun has set on this band.


Buy Flight Of The Wounded Locust:

http://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/180937897969/The_Locust_Flight_Of_The_Wounded_Locust_4X7_Vinyl_Puzzle_shaped_Colored_New

The Locust website:

http://www.thelocust.com

Flight Of The Wounded Locust:

http://www.4shared.com/file/61939186/c3da1de/The_Locust_-_Flight_of_the_Wounded_Locust_EP__2001.html

The Locust - The Peel Sessions

Today I have a special treat for you, The Locust’s latest release The Peel Sessions!  Recorded back on August 19^th 2001, this album was long overdue. It’s comprised mostly of tracks from their pre-2004 discography all of which have been re-imagined and recorded live. The album was released May 18^th, 2010 and features, for the first time, Gabe Serbian on drums. The locust play a fast paced, short length, synth entrenched version of powerviolence with a grindcore edge (and yes I am aware of the ongoing war over whether they are grind or not and frankly I don’t care, they’re great). Although I am a huge fan of this band I never got to see them live and The Peel Sessions gives you a taste of that. In the tradition of The Locust, the album is 16 tracks long and still totals a mere twelve and a half minutes. The LP has a more raw edge to it than the studio recordings and the band has incorporated more/different synth passages into the songs.  The album art is pretty cool too, the front has a huge list of all the bands that they are influenced by which range from Cat Stevens to Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds. The front also has a silkscreened locust emblem. The back side of the album has a photo of them playing in their traditional garb, goggles and facemasks. The record was the third release from the bands own Radio Surgery record label and it comes with a digital download card! If you haven’t gotten ahold of this on vinyl, DO SO! They’re being sold on the bands website and now come in a cool clear and yellow splatter colored vinyl.

The Peel Sessions:

http://www.mediafire.com/?nmdtnzymonz

The Locust's Myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/thelocust

The Locust's website:

http://www.thelocust.com/

-Jas