Leaking “In The Bag” cassette (Unifactor)

Scorched Earth ensemble Leaking returns with another dose of slowly-evolving real-time dematerialization on In the Bag. This group excels at the side-long crawl towards ego death, and this album features two such lengthy excursions, both finding Leaking taking their time to scratch their message into the side of the cave walls. Both of these extended journeys start from nothing and build into overpowering walls of fire. “That’s When I Go Up In Smoke” enters like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, with chimes and long tones eventually meeting a groundswell of layered guitar squall and levitating percussion. “Dogbite” begins in an unassuming blues mode, but quickly goes places that are volatile and psychedelic, sneaking in an easy-to-miss Hendrix quote to amplify the blissful derangement.