advancing the legacy of Chain Reaction
The curtains lift to reveal banjo
On the other side beyond the looped tyre track driveway is a big old barn standing uncertainly but forever like glorious pigeon shit cathedral
this is a landmark release
while remaining – beyond a small handful in the know - almost entirely unknown inside NZ/Aotearoa as much as without
Vampire Belt – Unfit Structures [LP] Prog / Kraut / Psych / Art Rock advancing the legacy of Chain"Formed in 2002 in Western Massachusetts, Vampire Belt is Bill Nace (Body Head, x. o. 4, Ceylon Mange) on guitar and electronics and Chris Corsano (Rangda, Joe McPhee, Evan Parker) on drums and electronics. Early on, they self released a couple of ultra limited CDRs of lo fi blow outs, something like a mangled car wreck at the intersection of hardcore and free jazz. Tours followed and then, in the early mid 00s, Nace and Corsano partially phased out