Ok so Gigantic Brain's last two records (which are somehow NOT reviewed on this site) were amazingly good in their own ways, whether they be blissful, extreme or fittingly nicely between the two. So I had great expectations for his new two records, especially when I realized he was releasing all 32 tracks of them for free.
For starters, the Betelgeuse EP. This is a basically a branch of the new style that was brought in on World, but hugely improved. It is 6 ambient/riff based non-grindcore tracks which are almost entirely instrumental. They are, quite simply, incredible, and vary from hopeful, spacey sounds to doom and melancholy, without a blast beat or scream in sight. A good 25 minute listen will take you to the end of the universe and back, seeing ages pass and galaxies die. Sound ridiculous? Listen to it.
The actual 26 track I Swallow 16 Red Planets is a change from before. While the difference isn't as '90 degrees' as World from the Invasion Discography, don't expect this to be much like anything he's done before. Instead of a concept album which mainly focused on either half-heavy riffs or ambience about our planet and the galaxies beyond, this is more the workings of the delirious and hallucinating mind. It has no constant theme but this doesn't hold it down; this only makes the tracks vary massively from verging-on-funny kind of weird tracks like Pet That Kitty, to a new acoustic style with The Dumbest Thing On Earth, trippy tracks like I Was Molested, and classic Brain from Through His Guilt, The Operation Is Delayed. There is still so much more to this and you will truly feel like you have lost your mind by the end. In a really good way.
The Brain is a veteran at trying new stuff, and even the styles that stay the same hardly get old. This is another great batch of songs to add to the dogpile and shows the Brain is happily going strong and not afraid to express itself in whatever way it feels. I know I'll always be hooked.
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