Tonight I’m listening to the flawed but in many ways revolutionary debut from Maudlin of the Well, My Fruit Psychobells… A Seed Combustible.

Brilliant, otherworldly writing but a deeply flawed recording. This album pushed avant garde and progressive metal in directions it had never been, possibly flying too close to the sun and trying to do things too far outside the bands skills at the time. Every track is quite different like they were trying to find their sound, but their later albums were the same, so varied and every track unique. But i love it, warts and all, and it started my fascination with experimental music in general. If you’ve been interested in Maudlin or Kayo Dot and never touched this one due to its reputation for being “unlistenable” please give it a go.

What I wouldn’t give to hear this rerecorded.

Favourite tracks: (basically all of it)

Ferocious Weights

A Conception Pathetic

The Ocean, The Kingdom, and the Temptation

Catharis of Sea-Sleep and Dreaming Shrines

The Crystal Margin