Sleepwalkers - Despair

I bought that tape by sheer curiosity, only knowing it was part of the Atak catalogue back then.
Funny to see how the darker-than-thou/ depressive/ nihilistic aesthetic was pushed to the max on this one: somber productions? Check. Melancholic violins? Check. Someone whispering "the horror" at the end of the intro? Check. Kierkegaard quotes in the liner notes? You betcha. Tracks names including "I Hate Myself", "Despair" or "Divorce From Reality?" Hell yeah!

All jokes aside, the quality of the tracks are pretty uneven, but special mention to the less-serious ones: the hidden track on side A which is completely freestyled for instance. Or the ironic "Surfing", which kind of counterbalance some other more serious, self-loathing tracks that didn't aged well.

Here


A
Entrance
Divorce From Reality
Desert Druids (4-Track Version)
Despair
Knowing & Unknowing
Blood Of Enoch
I Hate Myself
Misunderstood

B
Failure Of Nerve
Plague Of Misery
Harmony Of The Spheres
Off Key
Surfing
Turntable Orchestra
Blood Of Nogoe
Death In The Forest