The Eternals, Out of Proportion (12" EP)

2004's Out of Proportion abandons the Eternals usually clear sound for excursions in dark murkiness. The tracks range from the melodic (including a stretched out and abstract version of "High Anxiety", which appeared in tighter form on Rawar Style) to the free. What's consistent is the dub-like cloud that extends throughout the album. Electronics and processing are emphasized more than musicianship, though both Damon's processed vocals and Wayne's bass playing do leap out in places. The record, on a Puerto Rican label, seems to have been pressed at a primitive pressing plant—while the pressing seems good, the rough edges were quite literally left intact on the vinyl. The energetic white-on-black collage cover is typical of Damon's work on other Eternals albums.