format: lp (+ one-sided 7")
released: february 1 2001

tracklisting

side one
1.hands
2.screw up, I'm the driver
3.pirate
4.means of communication
5.be my groundstaff
6.crippled polyethene bags
7.my melon cologne
8.tropical mess
9.scoring asshole (new version)

side two
1.shinegold chisel
2.she's in the middle of the devil's wave (first verse)
3.xpelair and spiders
4.the solid gold web:
why do you evolve?
cavemen ruling the world
I vomit, you do something else
new movies cummin' up
sturmey archer
the mail is coming thru the mailbox this year
5.tuna fish with green mayonaise
6.I'll beat myself up (new version)

one-sided 7"

1.phonetics
2.graveyard inspection
3.harbor
4.waste

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reviews

autoreverse
december 25 2000
by ian c. stewart

LP! Fuck yeah, an LP! Stark, dramatic, acoustic piano and guitar plus bass and distant vocals. "Screw Up, I'm The Driver," adds squelchy guitar to the mix and is somewhat upbeat by comparison. "Pirate" is full rock band action, sounding very 80s postpunk. Great record, very moody and sad, like a foreign b/w film. "Scoring Asshole" coulda been a BEEFHEART track with all those weird rhythmic interjections and time changes. On side two, "Shinegold Chisel" sounds like the band has found a secret stash of Prozac; all of the same elements from before but with a happy sort of mood. Well, mostly. And happy is a relative term. "She's In The Middle of The Devil's Wave (first verse)" is aerosol synth blists (not unlike NIN's "Closer") with sub-bass bass and other synth exploration on top. It's a beaut. "Tuna Fish With Green Mayonaise" = song title of the month! This is a riveting record on theeeee sexiest format available, the LP! Ooh yeah!

rebound
1999
by paul roosenstein

In the period 1994 - 98 Larz, living in a suburb in Hoofddorp, recorded a large amount of songs with his four-track. He released them to the outside world in the form of cassette tapes. It delivered him a show in support of Smog and David Grubbs and now an lp on the American label Blackbean & Placenta (that also released Zoppo). All that tapes reflected a clear development. In the early days the piano was an important istrument, after that, short and sometimes surprising guitarfragments and electronic pieces surfaced. The best songs from all that tapes ended up on vinyl and because the songs are from a broad period, Moral Sewer sounds varied and interesting. Off course, the quality of the recordings and vinyl pressing are not optimal, but that doesn't do any harm to the charm and especially the quality of the music. Besides the full-fledged lp there's also a four song one-sided 7". It are short pieces which have a somewhat dark atmosphere. Think of a title like Graveyard Inspection. Larz accompanies himself on this track on piano in a ominous way. On other songs guest musicians appear on guitar and drums, the atmosphere stays sober. Still the short songs are very exciting thanks to the opposing rhythms and the crafty use of electronics. Blackbean charactarizes itself by releasing only a few hundred copies a record. This one is also very limited.

NM007: larz - moral sewer (limited edition)

This is an limited edition of thirty-one copies of Larz' first lp on Blackbean and Placenta. The first thirteen contain the 7" 'When Coffee can't help you anymore'. The songs on this lp reflect Larz' his development from 1994 to 1998. Where he mainly used piano in his early years, he later used drumcomputers and special sounding guitars as well. His voice is blended in with the rest of the instruments. It shows that the vocals and instruments are not to be heard seperately, but as a whole.

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