Ghost Goat::Release #2

Floating Hand & Bacchus

Ghost Goat::Release #2

I've searched the internet for more information on Ghost Goat to no avail, but here is there second release, a split cassette between Floating Hand and Bacchus.  Both bands feature prominent members of Bloomington's music scene, and reflect the somewhat structured, improvisational drone sprawls which were taking place around 2006, when this was recorded.  I haven't seen these tapes around in a while, but there probably are a few in some cracks.

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Floating Hand's side opens with rain and thunder, building to the creeping, thundering doom which OS has become known for in Floating Hand's wake.  The lineup is a little indecipherable, but good luck.  I'm pretty sure Ryan Baker and Adam Sommer are on this, and the notes might read:

Floating Hand is Sammich, Agaku, Brummus

Solvitur Omne Dec Leto, Niveosque It Stygius Color, Formae Populatur Honores.

The guitars rip and wane like the wind, and the vocals whisper thunder from miles away.  After a quarter of an hour all hell breaks loose and the storm is upon you.  With the liner notes in Latin and an ambiguous image, Floating Hand is being a little mysterious about their intent.  I think they're leaving it up to us to mull over like the skull of a dead companion.

Bacchus, on the other hand, is very clear with their titling and sectioning of their side.

The Weaver's Fulfillment Does Not Come From Disparity and Shame, But From Courage and Consistency.

Part I: "We Take the Reigns From the King as We Pass Over the Galyans"

Part II: "Bacchus Defends Debauchery From Noble Pretenses"

Part III: "The King Fortifies Fidelity With Liberation"

Adam Sommer, Benjamin Rouch, Ryan Baker, Justin Kirkwood and Dorey Fox compose this ensemble.  There are many tracks with delay and reverb, and I'm associating it with a rain-blurred window for either (or and) the fact that it sounds like this for the two thirds or because until that point it sounds like John Fahey's "Untitled with Rain" off Red Cross...beyond even that the quick, rippling delay used by Bacchus is reminescent of Fahey's delay on that album.  Then the vocals and a droning guitar floats above a turgid eddy of guitars and chanting vocals below.  The drums enter and join the mess, eventually taking over the rhythm to bring the mass of Bacchus to a closing.