$11.00
On Gambling on the Richter Scale, their first full-length, San Francisco's Kowloon Walled City add a touch of finesse to the grinding pummel introduced on last year’s Turk Street EP, which drew comparisons to Neurosis, The Melvins and other low-end explorers, from the ‘90s AmRep roster to the current crop of sludgecore contenders.
These eight new crushing tracks rage and roll through a wide range of influence, unleashing a barrage of noisy hardcore, distortion-soaked sludge, and downtuned heaviness. As with their last EP, the album was recorded and mixed by guitarist Scott Evans in the band's rehearsal space, which surely shows through on the band's gritty, raw recording.
Limited to 500 copies, the LP is available in two color variations, clear (limited to 300) and black/silver haze (limited to 200) and comes packaged in gloss varnish full color jackets with a CD version of the album included, packaged in a separate silkscreened sleeve.