Bleep

The Fifth Column Years by Ice 9 compiles their two incredibly rare cassette releases 1981 & PFLP (from 1981 & 1983 respectively) on this double vinyl compilation, their first pressing on wax in their almost forty year existence. The brainchild of Japanese multi-instrumentalist Yoshiakki Kinno, the two tapes take strides in all things scuzzed out. Encompassing noise, post-punk, krautrock and abrasive jazz complimented with dubbed out early electronics and hefty distortion, The Fifth Column Years is a throwback trip into a wildly experimental epoch. Sure to be as sought after as the original tapes, the vinyl doesn’t lose the early editions charm.