Flying Luttenbachers - Losing The War Inside Our Heads CD
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“The writing and production on this FL record is a new high water mark for the band. Weasel keeps turning up the heat on us - I’m happy to be boiled alive by him.” – Jim Zim
“Losing The War Inside Our Heads is the 17th official album by The Flying Luttenbachers. It is a desolate, bracing collection of music showcasing five varied new tracks of intense, composed modernism.
Largely conceived and executed by Walter solo as a stopgap between phases, the dark, rigorous constructions here are tightly sculpted and scripted examples of the “brutal prog” aesthetic the group pioneered in the early 2000s.
Another dramatic interpretation of 20th Century composer Olivier Messiaen shows up here (the previous one was on 2005’s “Cataclysm”, featuring future members of Deerhoof and Krallice) in the form of "Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum" movement five, which features a painstakingly faithful adaptation of the original concert score with dozens of obsessive guitar overdubs replacing the woodwinds and brass of the original arrangement. The direct link to the current Chicago-based lineup of the band is “Excruciation”, a long form piece based on melodic unison parts by Walter which launch into scathing, compact trio improvisations that feature the muscular chops and dangerous imaginations of Weasel Walter on guitar, Luke Polipnick on bass guitar, and Charlie Werber on drums (recently replaced by James Paul Nadien for the touring lineup). The Walter/Polipnick/Werber combination is also featured on the recent stripped-down, live-in-the-studio EP “Spectral Warrior Mythos 2”.