It's not too easy being a Shellac fan is it

and maybe some hefty neusoris "pain of mind" era desperation

They added a viola and djembe to their monumental sound

gritty guitar work and her distinctive vocals that

with a minicomputer and an E-mu modular analog synthesizer

EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN - 1/2 Mensch LP Indie It's not too easy beingThis is the third album by Einstrzende Neubauten, also known as Halber Mensch, originally released in 1985. The album opens with the startlingly oppressive, almost fully a cappella title track, with contrapuntal, atonal, en masse chanting. The album progresses to include quite a repertoire of electronically generated sounds, finding the band developing their mishmash of industrial experimentation matched by terrifying clangs, stomps, and of course,