[batreleaser]

also, olson's solo stuff is always pretty great. spykes, guam river yellow philharmonic, and the other million names he records under. he just has sucha unique style. i mean, his sax playing is totally awesome, and even quite in the tradition of the free jazz greats. at the same time, the guy is a total electronics whizz and a talented instrument builder. his records always utilize so many different sounds. i really like the fact that hes almost like a trained and educated composer, but still refuses to shake that punk caveman style hes known for. out of everyone in wolf eyes, i feel like hes the one that, if he left, the band would be fucked. when wolf eyes was still a duo, dilloway and young, they were onto something for sure, but were stuck as this industrial meets punk sort of thing. when olson came in, everything just clicked, and they became this like noise monolith. they have a signature beat for fuck's sakes? what noise band can you think of with a signature beat? crash worship maybe, but not many. when dilloway left the band in 2005, i was worried, even thought they might be done. but when i saw them live, dilloway was missed sorely during the more ripping noise and chaotic breadowns with his spazzed out not wave guitar stylings and electronic atmospheric dread. but at the same time, i was digging connely's guitar playing, which gave the band some steady metal riffing to work around. point being, as talented as dilloway is (which is to say, much more so than connely) his style was replaceable in wolf eyes, olson on the other hand, is not replaceable.

that was such a blab, my apologies.