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  Trees Speak - Vertigo Of Flaws [SJR LP498 UK 2021 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Subtitled:  Emancipation Of The Dissonance And Temperaments In Irrational Waveforms We didn't have to wait too long for Tuscon's Trees Speak to follow-up last year's highlight PostHuman . Late last year Vertigo Of Flaws continued the development of one of the most productive bands since Sault. The Diaz duo are likely the most unexpected band on London's Soul Jazz Records and their innovative instrumental compositions deserve a wider audience. Vertigo Of Flaws features an expanded band line-up where acoustic drums and plucky bass lines mix in alongside oscillating waveforms, distortion and sequenced soundscapes. This original pressing includes an additional seven-inch single to deliver thirty-one tracks over nearly 3GB of full resolution cosmic audio. Posts are going to be less regular over the next few weeks as more important things take precedence, this album alone should keep you lot busy.  A...

  Trees Speak - PostHuman [SJRLP 469 UK 2021 24-Bit FLAC] Trees Speak hail from Tuscon, Arizona and PostHuman is the duo's third album in a year, and its an absolute cracker. From the sleeve, you would be forgiven for believing that I've unearthed a seventies Italian prog-obscurity or maybe something left-field from a couple of hairy-flarey Germans, but no ....well actually it could be either. Mix in a few horror slash-movie soundtracks & a bit of modern day psychedelic space-rock and you get PostHuman . Already out-of-print (it was only released three weeks ago), this is from the initial batch on London's Soul Jazz Records, featuring a bonus seven inch of extra tracks. Could PostHuman be 2021's first genuinely essential album? A1 Double Slit A2 Glass A3 Chamber Of Frequencies A4 Divided Light A5 Elements Of Matter A6 Magic Transistor A7 Scheinwelt A8 PostHuman A9 Synthesis B1 X Zeit B2 Incandescent Sun B3 Healing Ro...