Mainliner first leaked from Japan in the ‘90s, their low slung Stooges riffs, plangent psychedelic feedback surges, and exhaust rattle improvisations unprecedented in their pulverizing intensity.
The trio soon dissipated, guitarist Kawabata Makoto recording a subsequent sixty-two albums with the deeply dippy Acid Mothers Temple.
But the title track of the reformed Mainliner’s album opens with a bomb-blast of stuttering guitar and distant monastic chanting, immediately reasserting their status. New Sun’s twenty minute stew of Neanderthal noise and sun worshiper psalmodies manages to be both meditational and maddening.
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Stuart, Chortle
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Bosco239, youtube
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Wharto15, Twitter
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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World Without End, Twitter
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Idrie, Youtube
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Brighton Argus
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Jamespearse, Twitter