The little screech of feedback at the start of this fine, noisy blast of muddy shoegazey bliss made Eric the kitten fart, i swear. He was walking on the left speaker when the sound blasted out and there was this sudden stench - possibly the result of him eating too many spicy monster munch, but maybe a signifier of the power of Belong - that their 'Loveless' era My Bloody Valentine-isms are powerful enough to shake up a kittens bowels. Unsurprisingly really - as their melding of effects laden guitars, pounding rhythms, buried vocals, deep bass and exceedingly muddy production create a world of structured noise that you feel immersed in, maybe even occasionally suffocated in. Very enjoyable for me as it also homages a lot of the music that helped to make the early 80's such a darkly eyelinered and backcombed time for me - from The Cure to early Modern English to Play Dead and beyond. File under goth tinged and feline gut busting noisy fun. I can see the taglines on the adverts now "Belong - heavy enough to make a cat fart".
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