{"product_id":"merzbow-cuts-open","title":"Merzbow: Cuts Open - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eCuts Open\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eMerzbow\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eRarenoise Records\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e5060197762087\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eRock\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2020-09-25\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e2\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eAdditional Details: \u003c\/b\u003eDIGIPACK PACKAGING\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         On the all-too-rare occasions when Japanese noise legend Masami Akita (aka Merzbow), Swedish saxophone aggressor Mats Gustafsson and blistering Hungarian drummer Balás Pándi converge, listeners know to brace themselves for a brain-rattling sonic assault. Each of these men alone had long been established as among the most ferocious of artists long before they came together to record their savage 2013 debut, Cuts; the onslaught was only intensified with the addition of Sonic Youth founder Thurston Moore for a pair of overpowering follow-ups. The anticipation of such musical violence is what makes this most recent outing, Cuts Open, so entrancingly unsettling. Reconvened as a trio once again, Gustafsson, Pándi and Akita found themselves exploring far more spacious and airy soundscapes than is typical for their explosive meetings. The results are no less sanguinary for being unusually quiet (relatively speaking, of course; this trio's \"serene\" is the equivalent of most musicians' wildest extremes).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 I Went Down to Brother \u003cbr\u003e1.2 And We Went Home \u003cbr\u003e2.1 We Went Up with Mother \u003cbr\u003e2.2 He Locked the Door\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                           \u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.tidal.com\/albums\/153386152\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:700px\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Merzbow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32567360290887,"sku":"40655000","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3842019-2584836.jpg?v=1711595266","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/merzbow-cuts-open","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}