Love Exchange Failure - WHITE WARD

Black metal went weird a long time ago, but few bands have been so willfully irresponsible with the genre's core values as WHITE WARD. "Love Exchange Failure" is the band's second album, but it sounds like the mature and meticulous work of instinctive originals. Strap yourself in and prepare to be enjoyably freaked out. The first four minutes of the opening title track offer a bewildering plunge into a hazy, film-noir world that bears more relation to BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE or some of JOHN ZO...