52 minutes, 24 seconds

Tribe of Circle
Children of a Weakened God

Unusual for bands of any kind these days not to have at least some sort of Web presence. And yet Tribe of Circle doesn't seem to have even the usual desultory MySpace property. The HauRuck label site mentions this album, but doesn't seem to provide any other info about TOC.

On the one hand, that's sort of frustrating, especially to a blogger looking for a nice place to link. On the other hand, it's sort of refreshing. In a time when bands that used to be shrouded in exciting mystery (Current 93, Death in June) are now broadcasting their every thought and fart on the Internet, here's an exciting and mysterious band that remains truly mysterious. They've seen this World Wide Web thing and declined, thank you very much, to take part in it.

The only clues to TOC's beliefs come in the difficult-to-read red-type-on-black-background liner notes, in which TOC give a big "fuck off" to everyone from Weight Watchers addicts (?) and Fox News to Woody Allen (?) and Mickey Mouse.

I've heard of misanthropy, but mouse-anthropy?

Also today:

52:23 Bahntier, Blindoom
52:23 Lush, Split
52:21 Les Joyaux de la Princesse, Une Voix Française
52:17 Kattoo, Hang On to a Dream
52:16 Cyanide Regime, Visions of Order
New arrival! 65:20 Stendeck, Faces
52:15 Project Pitchfork, Alpha Omega
52:13 Tau Factor, Prototype
52:12 Kirlian Camera, Schmerz