Bonehole is the chaotic miasma of discordant and harsh noise created by UK native whose name remains anonymous, and now resides in South Korea. “Pure 4th” is his latest tape released by Czech label Rauha Turva, whose releases usually lie on the punk and crust side of things. There’s about an hour of filthy corrosive noise at play here, with 22, 
mostly, short tracks. It makes for some uneasy listening. The atmosphere created is akin to the score of your favourite horror film, something genuinely unnerving. There are little or no constants to be found, rather it’s an hour of disconcerting and bewildering buzzing, cackling, ruffling noises that either scrape mercilessly on your ears or loom overhead in haunting fashion.
It’s difficult to describe this album’s mood beyond uneasy, and even more difficult to describe the mood that the listener needs to be in to immerse themselves in this harsh aural journey for just under a hour. Despite its unavoidable cacophonous discordance, Bonehole is, if anything, hypnotic, allowing you to drift off into a hazy otherworld at various points, only to drag into a different dark room surrounded by ominous, incoherent voices. If hallucinations had a sound then this is probably it.
If you’re looking for a nightmare, Bonehole has it for you.
“Pure 4th” was released on a run of only 40 copies through Rauha Turva. Bonehole has since posted several new releases, all online for free via Bandcamp. He also keeps active on Soundcloud.
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