30 Days Til Halloween: Swollen Glasses

Experimental · 2015 · 10 tracks

30 Days Til Halloween: Swollen Glasses

Thirty minutes of disjointed guitar movements. A gritty, seasonal suite of eerie melodies and mechanical glitches that feels like a walk through a haunted city.

October 2, 2015 · Not On Label (Buckethead Self-released)

A fragmented and unsettling exploration of seasonal anxiety through skeletal guitar work.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks

01

Swollen Glasses, Part 1

1:50

02

Swollen Glasses, Part 2

4:28

03

Swollen Glasses, Part 3

3:15

04

Swollen Glasses, Part 4

2:27

05

Swollen Glasses, Part 5

2:35

06

Swollen Glasses, Part 6

3:28

07

Swollen Glasses, Part 7

4:40

08

Swollen Glasses, Part 8

2:40

09

Swollen Glasses, Part 9

2:27

10

Swollen Glasses, Part 10

3:00

Moments Worth Listening For

The sudden shift into jagged, staccato phrasing halfway through Part 2 that mimics a mechanical breakdown.

Part 7's extended duration allowing for a slow, creeping build of dissonant harmonics and hollow bass notes.

The way the final track abruptly cuts to silence, leaving the listener in a state of unresolved tension.

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