Avant-Garde And Abject The History Of Guns Present The Short Film Drug Castle

History Of Guns 
Drug Castle 
Hertfordshire 
 
The UK Industrial group History Of Guns are back, not with just another song but with a short film set to music. It’s a huge undertaking, moving images and great sounding songs don’t magic themselves into action. Their recent videos include No Longer Earthbound, When You Don’t Matter, and What’s Buried (Will Rise). Each title smashed the boundaries while raising the bar and gaining all the right attention. This new film has been directed by Howard Gardner and makes use of not only Drug Castle from the new Half Light album, but it also captures Survive The Night. Named after a 1960s UK facility where patients were subjected to unethical and experimental psychological procedures, keeping the crosshairs on the shadows it’s History Of Guns with Drug Castle. 
 
The ocean takes the lead as the crashing of waves on rocks opens the score for us. Eeriee noises like metal on metal and chirping birds in long-forgotten chimneys break the natural vibe before an open-minded voice begins to talk. Huge atmospheres lurch across our vulnerable heads as the sonic architecture looks onward in uncompassionate nonchalance. Squealing sounds and loud exclamations of personal poverty find an odd stage within the poetic backdrop of scenario and solitude. As the music finds an orchestral angle, it clings on in a desperate rise for life and it’s greeted with slow tribalesque drums. The tension increases and the voice begins to dive into the realms of mania. As the pressure drops momentarily, a plucked string melody begins to repeat. At first, it’s soothing but as the voice returns the harmonics and timbre twist and pivot into discord. The plucks become bow sounds with a melody making vague attempts to assemble itself. The sound vanishes and out comes a solid guitar, with a tune that has character and blues. The vocal returns with a clearer and more stable song. An emotional twang still manages to drag the energy of the vocal into pools of wallowing yet the motivation to continue remains.  

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