A sonic monument featuring two very different sides of the free-improv coin, pressed on heavyweight 180 gram mixed color vinyl. This intergenerational, wide-minded split LP blurs the hedges of national borders and the traditions of composition, marking a niche interzone inhabited solely by the uncles of punk and their experimental stepchildren. Canadian noise pioneers, Nihilist Spasm Band, deliver a ripping side-long opus rife with their singular blend of hi-octane kazoo, invented instruments and propulsive, arrhythmic drumming. This deep cut is likely to be the final NSB recording released featuring the late great vocalist Bill Exley, who passed away in 2025 after performing as a Nihilist for exactly 60 years. On the flipside, K/S/R screw the tempo down to their patented desert crawl pulse and lock the door behind them. Departing from the interstellar density of the trio’s 2025 Already in Heaven LP, the side-long treatise of An American Sonnet brandishes the group’s minimalist approach heard during recent performances across the United States. A plein air structure of ascetic interplay locates K/S/R carving sonic terrane from the space between notes, where each gesture is ascertained both as an individual voice and a building block of the collective.


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K / S / R - "An American Sonnet"

Ben Kujawski - piano, accordion
Abigail Smith - percussion, flute
Justin Rhody - guitar, violin, harmonica

Recorded at No Name Cinema in Santa Fe New Mexico, April 2025

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Nihilist Spasm Band - "Selection #1"

John Boyle - drums, thumb piano, ring modulator, kazoo
Aya Onishi - drums, kazoo
John Clement - bass guitar
Murray Favro - guitar
Art Pratten - water pipe, prat-a-various
Bill Exley - voice, kazoo

Recorded at Forest City Gallery in
London Ontario Canada, Aug 31 2009

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Photographs: Justin Clifford Rhody
Audio Mastering: Angelo Harmsworth

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