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Noise is often thought of in terms of a release, of letting go. And yet, at its most vital I think it often holds back. Sarramkrop once mentioned something similar to this in another thread and I remember it ringing particularly true. I always think of the first two thirds of Death Valley 69 as providing a perfect example of this idea. It sounds like a sustained build up of pressure and is, if anything, slightly pointless once that pressure is finally released during its climactic final third. Mars are another band that I always think of in this way: holding back, using noise as an (in)expression of containment rather than expulsion.
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