Dutch trio, The Julie Mittens, after an impressive series of cd-r?s have graced us with a vinyl release delivering yet another walloping punch from their arsenal. Since 2002, The Julie Mittens have hit us with a consistency of quality dishing out their own brand of unrelenting ecstatic free-rock that is truly some of the best out there. This is the sound of collective catharsis; transcendent frenetic rippers that are a conduit for some serious headwound brainmelting. Here are three mystics erecting stoned-architectures with the intention of altering consciousness through euphoric jammers. Guitarist, Aart-Jan Schakenbos leads the ensemble ripping feedback and shrieking high-gain dissonant cosmic blues building upon the rumbling, droning low-end from bassist, Michel van Dam and the free-rhythms of drummer, Leo Fabriek. A kind of spiritual anarchy surfaces through the distorted bedlam illuminating a full spectrum of frequencies which gives their most feverish moments the effect of coma-inducing psychical bliss landing somewhere between head banging and catatonia. These guys take it to edge and then push further out until there is literally no physical place left to go. Intense and just brilliant. The record is a cyclical work without beginning or end and as such has no side A or B. Listen to this record loud as it?s meant to be played. Limited to 300. BTW, Holy Mountain has announced they will be putting out a record by the Julie Mittens in 2008 so keep your eyes and ears open! 9/10 -- Todd Brooks (19 December, 2007)