A review by toltzboy456
Monolithic Undertow: In Search of Sonic Oblivion by Harry Sword

4.0

This was awesome: a wide-ranging yet fairly coherent account of the musical drone in all of its potential glory. In a lot of ways this is a super validating book: it articulates why I've been drawn to the weirder side of music beyond your standard rock and hip-hop (as much as I love those touchstones), and a lot of it has to do with the therapeutic and hypnotic effect of sustained tones, putting us in touch with something much bigger than ourselves. It introduced me to a lot of music I've already become obsessed with (La Monte Young, Ash Ra Temple, Sara Davachi, Earth, etc.).