Mr. White Noise 2

CADABR-46 2022
LP
After four years, author Matthew M. Bartlett has once again teamed up with Black Mountain Transmitter to craft a collection of his terrifying and baffling short fiction in auditory form. Mr. White Noise 2 sees the author reading his work over J.R. Moore's electronic soundscapes, expanding the original collection to nearly double its original number of pieces. Tales from the first release like “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,” “The Highway Procession,” and “The End of the Family Line” are augmented with the addition of “Cul-De-Sacrilige,” “The Skull Thief,” and “Stuffed Animals,” among others.
Mr. White Noise 2 collects tales of unknowable terror set within a suburban landscape, wherein sunlit cul-de-sacs and children's bedrooms are made as frightening as any dark country lane or hidden abattoir. The sounds of radio or television stations just out of range, whistling in the ether while echoing voices speak at the edge of hearing, might bring you to the precipice of madness, had you not already fallen into its depths with Bartlett's direct declamation of his words.
As befits the mysterious titular character who makes an appearance or bears mention in many of Bartlett's tales, the music finds strange beauty in the sonic wash which occurs when music flirts with dissonace. However, the music equally works within in a milieu wherein its melodicism is at the forefront, though no less foreboding for the apparent beauty. In the reading, the author's voice distorts and echoes, turning words into sounds as distressing as the sound design which surrounds them.
When the music and voice combine and begin to degrade into static, the horror comes from the fact that you feel as though you're being pulled into this world which you thought you were only visiting. In point of fact, by dropping the needle on this collection, you've chosen to enter the world ruled by Mr. White Noise's dark whims, and only by holding onto your sanity will you make it out unscathed.
Credits:
Written, read, liner notes by Matthew M. Bartlett
Artwork by Nathan Reidt
Score by Black Mountain Transmitter
 		Mr. White Noise II 	
A1		Cul De Sacrilege 	
A2		Martin Landau's Hands 	
A3		The Stuffed Animals 	
A4		Another Mary Fleeing 	
A5		Dead Hands 	
A6		The Skull Thief 	
A7		The Animals Stuffed 	
 		Original Audio From Mr. White Noise 	
B1		The Segmented Man 	
B2		Generally Accepted Accounting Principles	
B3		The Manse 	
B4		The Highway Procession 	
B5		The End Of The Family Line 	
B6		The Meal At The Fern Diner 	
B7		Apoptosis 	
Limited pressing on 150 gram vinyl
Printed on a deluxe heavy weight gatefold tip-on jacket
Includes an 18" x 24" promotional poster
Variants:
Standard pink and red swirl
Psilowave exclusive (transparent red)
Hand poured pink and black splatter over clear (xx copies)
Wax mage (25 numbered copies)
Test pressing (15 numbered copies)