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Bee Stings

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As another of the "Seasons"-Series, this is probably the weirdest - and possibly the most potent of the four releases. Unfortunately, the track listing on the Amazon page is stightly erroneous, so I take the liberty of correcting:

1. Bee Stings

2. Glowworms/Waveforms

3. Summer Substructures

4. A Warning From The Sun (for Fritz)

This EP, with a running length of approx. 25 min, offers four different kinds of music in four songs that could not be more various in their respective styles: "Bee Stings" is almost conventional, a combination of electronics and beautiful strings, whilst "Glowworms/..." is close to ambient droning - which is not to say it is not highly interesting. Even more multilayered than aforementioned song is "Summer Substructures", that takes more than a bow towards Schoenberg. If Coil ever did a song that really deserved the label "sidereal", living up to both possible linguistic interpretations of the word, this is it. The last "tune" almost does not deserve this title, as it is a very chaotic, almost (but not quite) unlistenable collection of noise and shrieking vocals, making the listener more than just a little bit uneasy - which in itself shows it's brilliance: When was it the last time a song/tune/whatever really made you think whether you could stand it any longer? (and NO, I don't mean Dancefloor!)

track listing (slighty corrected from above) is as follows :

1. Bee Stings
2. Glowworms/Waveforms
3. Summer Substructures
4. A Warning From The Sun (for Fritz)

second installment of the equinox solstice series, and probably my favorite. great vocal manipulation, great poetry, very creative sounds and music. this series is limited and has already been deleted, make sure you get them before they are gone.

This album has its strong moments, and its weak moments. Its strongest is "Glow Worm/Waveform", and Its weakest is "A Warning From The Sun"

This album has a very odd feel to it, and I am sure that it is intentional. The electronics of all match the time of year exceptionally well. Coil manages to pull it off indescribably well. Spring's electronics feel renewing, starting, and building up. Summers's feel hazy, warm, sharp, and almost bright. Autumn's feel retrospective, aged, mature, aware, ending. Winter's feel cold, seperate, transcendetal, almost like "afterlife". This is something only Coil could do without looking pretentious. The only greater example might be their "Angelic Conversation" soundtrack.

Theses tracks are closest to ELpH vs. Coil Worship The Glitch, which is a cool album, but is not like most things that Coil does, but then again Coil's music changes all of the time.