Name: Piecework
Brand: Kowloon Walled City

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-RELIC-111IEC

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Colour

Blue

Colour details

Blue / White Color Vinyl

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Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Indie Exclusive

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-07-29

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

798576035594

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / blue

LP-RELIC-111C

White

Milky White Vinyl

2023-01-13

798576140298

1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / White

Artist

Kowloon Walled City

Genre US

Metal

Label US

Gilead Media is a DIY record label based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Founded and run by Adam Bartlett, the label focuses primarily on vinyl releases in the genres of U.S. Black Metal, Doom, Noise Rock, and other extreme music styles.

With a passion for underground music, Gilead Media has become known for its dedication to showcasing talented artists within these genres. The label prides itself on its commitment to quality and authenticity, ensuring that each release is carefully crafted and presented.

From *Black Metal* to *Doom* and everything in between, Gilead Media offers a diverse range of music that pushes boundaries and challenges conventional norms. Whether you're an avid collector or simply looking to discover new sounds, this label provides a platform for some of the most innovative artists in the underground scene.

Gilead Media

In the world of heavy music, few bands embrace dynamics and negative space like Kowloon Walled City. Since forming 15 years ago, the band has increasingly refined its deconstructed approach to noise rock, math rock, and doom. Now, with Piecework (Neurot Recordings/Gilead Media), the band’s fourth album and first in six years, Kowloon Walled City reaches new levels of restraint. Songs are bleak and slow, but also shorter and more concise. (Seven songs clock in at about 30 minutes.) There are stretches of near silence. While the band has always operated under the MO that less is more, it has doubled down on that ethos for Piecework. Singer/guitarist Scott Evans and guitarist Jon Howell, the main songwriters, self-imposed restrictions to push themselves creatively—“restraining ourselves into oblivion,” as Howell put it. Songs are written in more straightforward time signatures. Evans and Howell also changed their guitar rigs to sound more “clean and clanky.” With the gristle stripped away, bone and muscle remain: drums decaying in a room, bass strings rattling, a lonely guitar chord. Sometimes, it’s almost uncomfortably barren. But the negative space also amplifies the ruptures of heady aggressiveness that anchor Piecework. Angular guitar notes from Howell skew off the neck, dissolving into space. Ian Miller’s bass lines churn in the muck. Drums and cymbal smashing by Dan Sneddon punctuate dead air.(Sneddon, formerly of Early Graves, makes his recording debut with the band five years after joining.) There’s sadness and anger in Evans’ shouted vocals, but also a desire for something better. Through the resignation and regret, Piecework also hints at perseverance and hope.

Piecework

Music US