Anyone who has ever read this site knows I am a sucker for a finely crafted ‘tune’, a combination of voice and instruments into a package that grabs you by the heart, balls or mind (depending upon the genre) and takes you for a ride. So therefore I am going to have no interest in a three track offering of ‘audio experiments’, where a man by the name of Anderson mixes varied sound sources, both startling and mundane to create a tapestry of sound. Or at least that is what you would think. In reality I found ‘Hail The Frozen North’ akin to a cold shower, not something you particularly look forward to, but something that in a short dose gives you a genuinely invigorating and refreshing experience.
The three tracks on offer take up about fifteen minutes and travel a vast landscape of sounds. Opener ‘Smile for Me’ goes from choral chanting into what sounds suspiciously like background music for a love scene in the original ‘Star Trek’ TV series before melting into a stream of muted static. This entire process takes under a minute and is an excellent example of what one man with a lot of time on his hands who lives in the middle of nowhere Wisconsin can bring to the world.
The next track ‘Lost in Flight’ actually has something resembling a drumtrack. That is about the only thing it has in common with the average pop song though. A dark grinding examination of very basic and barren techno. Not the kind of music you would want to listen to alone if you were feeling a little suicidal.
The last track on offer is ‘Buried by the Briar’ another disturbing piece that mixes static with police like radio messages, Morse code, film dialogue sound clips and a computerized voice reading the weather.
All in all you would be hard pressed to find a more interesting musical journey for five dollars. If you are feeling like diving into something a little more challenging, then give ‘Hollydrift’ a visit.

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