SPECULUM
ABORT THE PARASITE
2021 BIRDEATER ENTERTAINMET BE04 7 INCH EP / USB
TODAY'S POST FEATURES THE LATEST RELEASE FROM SPECULUM, AN EXPERIMETAL NOISE PROJECT WHICH HAVE BEEN ACTIVE ON AND OFF IN SAN DIEGO FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES, AND HAS SPANNED GENRES RANGING FROM GROTESQUE, HYPER AGGRESSIVE GORE AND GRINDCORE TO SCI-FI SPACE NOISE. SPECULUM HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AT LEAST TWO OTHER POSTS ON THIS BLOG. THE RELEASE OF THE NEWEST EP "ABORT THE PARASITE" SEEMS TO HAVE COINCIDED STRANGELY WITH A RECENT TURN OF POLITICAL EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING NATIONAL POLICY ON WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. WHILE IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE EP WAS INTENDED TO BE A FORM OF PROTEST AGAINST THE RECENT OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE, LIFE AND THE UNIVERSE NEVER SEEM TO FAIL TO DEMONSTRATE A STRANGE SYNCHRONICITY OF TIMING. "ABORT THE PARASITE" WAS RELEASED AS A LATHE CUT 7 INCH EP IN A SUPER LIMITED RUN OF TWENTY COPIES, AS WELL AS IN AN UNORTHODOX USB WITH QUITE THE CREATIVE PACKAGE. THE USB DRIVE IS EMBEDDED INTO A CORK WHICH IS THE PLUG TO A SMALL GLASS JAR, LIKE WHAT WOULD BE USED TO STORE MARIJUANA. INSIDE THE JAR, INSTEAD OF MARIJUANA, THERE IS A SMALL FOLDED UP PIECE OF PAPER WITH A STRANGE DRAWING OF A MONSTROUS ALIEN-LIKE FIGURE. THE JAR COMES IN A LARGE MEDICAL BIHOAZARD BAG, ACCOMPANIED BY A DISPOSABLE SPECULUM WHICH HAS A SMALL SKELETON HAND HOLDING A RUBBER, NEON RED BLOOD-SPLASHED FETUS. APPARENTLY, THESE RUBBER FETUSES ARE TYPICALLY AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT A FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN SUPPLY OUTLET, SOLD FOR USE IN ANTI-ABORTION PROTEST ACTIONS. OVERALL, THE PACKAGE IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE AND UNIQUE, AND RANKS UP THERE AS ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE ARTISTIC ASSEMBLIES EVER CREATED FOR ANY D.I.Y. RELEASE. INCLUDED IN THE DOWNLOAD ARE A FEW PICTURES OF THE OUTER PACKAGING, AS WELL AS A SCAN OF AN ORIGINAL PAINTING BY BRIAN SPECULUM.
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