Six Organs of Admittance: RTX
Label: Drag City
This two-disc set (for the price of one) reissues rare material: two splits, a subscription, a previously unreleased track, and a limited edition, ranging from 1998 to 2003. This is Ben Chasny at his most sprawling and ruminative, recording at home and often without percussion. The only track length in single figures (six minutes) is part of a 37-minute suite, Night Trembling, which is the entirety of disc two. While not as tight and finely honed as his most recent albums, this stuff taps into primal feelings and ritualistic sensibilities that are equally rewarding, sort of an indie/low-tech Popol Vuh full of gorgeous guitar timbres, beautiful and engrossing. (Steve)
