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    Garlic Press #4/Hornswoggle
    Hornswoggle — Bite the Waxed Tadpole cover

    Hornswoggle

    Bite the Waxed Tadpole

    (1996)

    Reviewed by Unknown

    Discogs
    Label Oral Gestation ArtefactsGarlic Press #4September 1996
    experimentalnoise rock

    To the undiscerning ear (ie, mine), a lot of noise stuff sounds the same. I was afraid that that would be the case with Hornswoggle as well, especially as they don't have individual title names for the songs. Not the case! An overzealous recorder player in a race car, an air compressor with a ranting maniac, wind chimes and looped noise samples, circus music that twists itself into a freak show, a telephone conversation, and the New Testament read over noise, bird chirps, and a violin practice. Each track represents a new experience entirely! Very entertaining, given that you're into odd combinations of sounds.

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