Royal Trux - Hand Of Glory (Vinyl)
So it isn’t really surprising, then, that Hand Of Glory is a strange record, even by Royal Trux standards. Considering their early records were sludge-feats with blasts of noise thrown in the mix, Hand of Glory doesn’t surprise in that way. No, what’s going on here can be more correctly identified as two very different sides of Royal Trux, one that can only be fully appreciated by the vinyl format. For what purports itself to be a collection of “lost recordings,” Hand Of Glory is a very deft study in contrast.
Side one, entitled “Domo Des Burros” begins with a programmed drum track, and over the next nineteen minutes, Hagerty and Herrema add various tracks; unintelligible spoken word parts, out-of-tune guitar, plinking piano, and other various rhythm and percussion tracks. With the initial drum track remaining the only constant throughout the entirety of the song, “Domo Des Burros” is oddly appealing; slightly childlike, you’ll find yourself diving back into it in order to hear what you missed in the previous lesson.
Side two is also a noise piece, but it’s a very different beast. A five-song “suite,” if you can call it that, entitled “The Boxing Story,” this is noise without a melody, structure, or anything resembling a definable shape. It’s manipulated tape loops in which you can hear screaming, drum beats, and guitar, a “sample” of a jazz band playing “Stardust,” but you gotta get through a ton of feedback.
Hand Of Glory served as an oddly appropriate career ender, with the band coming full circle by providing the world with challenging, compelling music—and showing that said mission was well engraved in the band’s psyche from the get-go.
Remastered - Silver Vinyl.
Tracklist:
Domo Des Burros
Two Sticks 19:34
The Boxing Story
Electric Boxing Show 3:00
Four Kings 4:00
Golden Lament 4:59
Pots And Pansy 4:00
K-9 To The Core 4:29
So it isn’t really surprising, then, that Hand Of Glory is a strange record, even by Royal Trux standards. Considering their early records were sludge-feats with blasts of noise thrown in the mix, Hand of Glory doesn’t surprise in that way. No, what’s going on here can be more correctly identified as two very different sides of Royal Trux, one that can only be fully appreciated by the vinyl format. For what purports itself to be a collection of “lost recordings,” Hand Of Glory is a very deft study in contrast.
Side one, entitled “Domo Des Burros” begins with a programmed drum track, and over the next nineteen minutes, Hagerty and Herrema add various tracks; unintelligible spoken word parts, out-of-tune guitar, plinking piano, and other various rhythm and percussion tracks. With the initial drum track remaining the only constant throughout the entirety of the song, “Domo Des Burros” is oddly appealing; slightly childlike, you’ll find yourself diving back into it in order to hear what you missed in the previous lesson.
Side two is also a noise piece, but it’s a very different beast. A five-song “suite,” if you can call it that, entitled “The Boxing Story,” this is noise without a melody, structure, or anything resembling a definable shape. It’s manipulated tape loops in which you can hear screaming, drum beats, and guitar, a “sample” of a jazz band playing “Stardust,” but you gotta get through a ton of feedback.
Hand Of Glory served as an oddly appropriate career ender, with the band coming full circle by providing the world with challenging, compelling music—and showing that said mission was well engraved in the band’s psyche from the get-go.
Remastered - Silver Vinyl.
Tracklist:
Domo Des Burros
Two Sticks 19:34
The Boxing Story
Electric Boxing Show 3:00
Four Kings 4:00
Golden Lament 4:59
Pots And Pansy 4:00
K-9 To The Core 4:29
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