The mysterious blogger who goes under the name Cowsarejustfood has posted a review of EP4. You can find it here:  http://cowsarejustfood.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/the-radiation-line-ep4/

Or, read the following:

On this page, lamlash.

Thanks to Simon Morris of Ceramic Hobs (CLIK!, a most kool bunch from Blackpool that we played with on our recent journey south) for turning this fellow onto us.

Here:

"A Scottish outfit who, judging by the letter accompanying this, managed to dislodge a fair amount of dust during a devil-may-care gig played in a small room in a small house on small Blackpool back street. Small rooms may be the best place in which to capture their noise drone material judging by the second and longest track on here, a monster power chord drone barrage that could be the long lost cousin of a guitar laden Ramleh b-side. It’s all slowly strummed six string kachungs that set off imploding stars of epic drone against which a vibrating box of noise does the oscillating throat box bit. Not too far away from Ashtray Navigations more rocktacular works either. There’s some decent noise in the first track and the gently pulled strings picking out a delicate melody on ‘As Heaven Was Revealed’ would indicate that The Radiation Line may have been indulging in some Emeralds records. The desolate swirl and fraying synth splutters of the final track ‘Spiral’ meant that this humble CD will not be getting passed on [as recommended on the back sleeve to all those who ‘don’t dig’]."


Click.

Y'all will find it here, eh?

"The Radiation Line are an experimental collective based in Central Scotland. I think that might contain Glasgow but I don't exactly know. What I do know is that this is a bit of a mind-boggler.

Skulls on any record cover usually suggest that evil is afoot but these guys seem more concerned with beauty, albeit a noisy sort of beauty rising out of the darkness scarred. Thirty seconds in I was ready for another drone-out but then whispered vocals and guitar appear. Hugely surprising stuff continually emerges from the murk throughout the whole thing including a full on four-to-the-floor banger (!) which dredges up memories of the heaviest nights out - when everything's an overpowering blur underpinned by thudding, there's a police siren screaming in one of your ears while someone's trying to speak into the other...it's massively disorienting. Before long it seems as if you're flying up and out of the town centre at speed. This is a consistently confounding release which still has its fair share of heavy drone, ambience and impending doom to please fans of impending doom, ambience and heavy drone but also squeezes loads of different sounds/rhythms into every available space.

Head over to the myspace and have a listen. One track on there suggests a more Earth/metal influence which wasn't immediately apparent. Who knows what the upcoming full-length will sound like? Not I. If it's as much of a trip as this EP it should be a winner."

Good blog, that.

ISSUE 22

Page 57. Nice.

"From the first listen it's hard to be anything other than completely
convinced. The Skull-adorned cover may give this EP the look of a
straight doom metal release, but this collective are anything but. A
well aware but never world-weary folk-drone psychedelic release, it's
both fantastically diverse and shitting-well enjoyable; rock-noise
explorations, mad travelogue remixes and leashed feedback. Open Minds,
Big things."

By Scott Mckeating.

Click here to read...

Our recent interview with Scott Mckeating in which we discuss EP4 and other such ventures is now up on the Foxy Digitalis website. Dig.


J

EP3  (the wan wi the Tourists and Skulls n that, eh?) is now available to buy via the At War with False Noise distro list. Cheapest pleace y'all will find it at £3 plus postage etc. Thon Al Mabon is a good guy.

He puts it thus: "Stirling-based weirdo beardo duo."




http://www.atwarwithfalsenoise.com/distro.html


Far-out.

  Our first trek up to the city of Dundee on the 22nd august was interesting. Our set was very mellow by our usual standards, which was nice. Pete from Wildhouse played bass and Big Muff for us, Sheila battered her drums in a most tribal way. Our first since our very first gig that we've been a two piece so having Sheila and Pete helping us out was a big relief, they are lovely.
 The Balcony needs to get a Jukebox. With good tunes on it. Please, someone make this happen.

The Wildhouse were awesome. Swampy, murky and dirty. Waves of textural bliss. Yeah! Please play Ficca next time we see/play with you.

Grozny packed jaggy beef. They kick grooves something sexual. Lovely bunch of guys, always have some worthwhile chat, more folk need to go see them.  Curious legs.

Swordmaster weren't my cup of tea. I wandered the streets for awhile, in search of a cafe where I could get myself some tea only to be bombarded by orange-peel cleavage at every turn.
We headed up to kage afterwards, a little miffed to be charged to get into the place, does the bar not make enough to pay staff etc? Ye'd a thought so. Either way, got a big cuddle from Mike, who I haven't seen in well over a year and we had a thoroughly lovely time. Despite our driver refusing to dance about like a mad bastard to Mclusky, the air was not too bad.

Heading up to mike's place for a wee while, decided to split when he started offering me a guitar for one of our cds. Weirdo. Got outside, witnessed a wee scuffle. Some bloke just [I]had[/I] to comment on another bloke's lady (who turned out to be pregnant, oaft) and her apparently quite fat thighs. The police showed up and we suppered on cheesey chips whilst the police took names and statements. Good times.
With the promise of a place to kip we headed off, finding a passed out fellow by the side of the road,  on a flower bed. It seemed best to wake him and see him home, he didn't seem best pleased and did a runner.

What we discovered in Dundee:
1 - Curiosity Cola. Very tasty. Botanically brewed. Oh aye,
2 - There are Burning witch fans out there, like Chris from Kaddish. A nice man. and that James bloke that bought a cd off us, also a nice bloke. Looked a lot like Gary Glitter.
3 - Stirling ain't so bad.

A big thanks to the fellow that let us crash at his place. He was from Orkney. Didn't catch his name, someone tell him to get in touch, we'll send him some the remains of a shattered birdcage.

x 

Once more we are without bass player, as Paul has taken leave of us due to family commitments.  If anyone is interested in taking up this (in no way cursed) position please get in touch.

For the time being we are back to being the Pet Shop Boys of drone but we dont feel dispirited and our up coming gigs will still rock like the grey slopes of Ben Nevis or something.

"Gentlemen, this is rumour control, here are the facts"

At the moment we are halfway through our third ep. This will feature Bella Victoria, as heard at our last few gigs and on this very myspace page.  The other tunes so far are along similar lines to what we've done already, but still a  progression.  It looks likely to be available about mid August, perhaps maybe.

After that we'll be doing a mini album type thing of collaborations and remixes with lots of cool people we have met  on this twisty musical path that we tread on. ....and then? Who can say.  There has been talk of a full album, so please stay tuned.