From my understanding, Hydra by Chucking Mansions and m a l i b l u e :( is straight up a split by both artists and not a collaboration. Which is chill, because I DO dig both, and recognizing each artists’ previous works — [list their previous works] — the pairing of both was a brilliant idea by Adhesive Sounds. Or at least, it was an honor to have placed the two on a single cassette for the label.
Diving into Hydra, there feels like a tinge of adventure (obviously) produced by Chucking Mansions, introducing the playing field, and journey to come. Once m a l i b l u e :( takes formation, a slow build of travel-logged sampling, spine tingling broken-radio melody arises from the ashes of distant memory (represented by the echoing trickles and blown helicopter sounds), keeping the pace and cadence of gallops from here to Hydra.
And the adventure of Hydra continues throughout as Chucking Mansions and m a l i b l u e :( serve almost as bards to a story only each listener can individually live-out while listening. So listen to Hydra while actually going somewhere. Or listen while falling asleep or dosed on a mental trip, because Hydra won’t defeat itself. You must conquer the release yourself. Over and over and over again:
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