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Socket-Household Objects (2001)

Household Objects

Who would think that Pink Floyd only recorded an album (which was sadly unreleased but only two songs) called Household Objects, which uses what’s described in the title?

The tracks:

“Guitar”-A minimalist acoustic guitar improv that distinigrates into pure noise trash and back again. This track perfectly comes to mind of a mix of Jandek and grindcore at its most pretentious. Still a rather good song, however.

“Glass”-This sounds like a recording of glass objects that were fed through either a synthesizer or an effects pedal. Later, you also hear what sounds like a distorted organ melody.

“Tin”-This track consists of the manipulated sounds of tin cans clanging and banging about.

“Drum”-A distorted and warped recording of a guy futzing around on a marching drum. Well, at least that’s what it sounds like!

“Brush”-A guy messing around with a paintbrush (or some other type of small brush) and effects units. Later, it sounds like the recording was played backwards.

“Sharpie”-A distorted recording of a guy using a Sharpie marker, backed by high-pitched electronic tones.

“Wine Bottle”-A noisy recording of a wine bottle being scraped on something, treated with effects to make it sound like a piece of droning ambient music. This is exactly like “Wine Glasses”, a track Pink Floyd recorded during the Household Objects sessions back in 1974.

Check it out here: http://yellowmoon.bandcamp.com/album/household-objects