To Damascus, “Come To Your Senses” (Ringent/Restless, 1987)
Titanic, oceanic post-hardcore guitar-psych from an L.A. six-string goddess who’d already played with greats from bands like Black Flag and Dream Syndicate. The way she can alternately stretch or compress time and space is truly breath-taking. This music is meant to be a triumph of the human spirit over the machine of civilization, and it is.
Start with A/1, A/2
4/11/11

To Damascus, “Succumb” (Ringent, 1986)
Sylvia Juncosa would go on to far greater heights, but this first effort is alive with a wildly inventive, let’s-try-everything-at-once spirit. Nearly every strand of mid-‘80s L.A. underground rock is in evidence, from neo-psychedelia to hardcore to SST-ish prog-noise metalisms, sometimes all on the same track.
Try 1/3, 2/1, 2/6
10/23/11