"Allow me to apologise in advance for the eye strain caused by viewing the track listing. Now this album is very, very special. The secrecy surrounding it alone makes it a pleasant find for the fans. This release is actually done by Luís Couto, who is better known for his work with the fantastic "Joy of Nature and Discipline" (now known as Joy of Nature), and has collaborated with J. Aernus of "Wolfskin".

   This comes in a jewel case, with an Enhanced Multimedia CD, and is limited to just 77 copies. Those of you who want to hear this, and believe me, you all need to, must act soon.

   Aesthetically, this echoes acts such as C93, with its cynical and Apocalyptic edge. The whole album cover, sleeve, and even Disc is painted with animations of Rabbits, reminding me of the fake and twisted Innocence introduced to us by the earlier Apocalyptic acts. One look at the track titles tells us not to expect Watership Down put to music.

   This is Musically wonderful too, it features a huge plethora of Instrumentation, and even recitals from some of the worlds most important Orators. Track 9, which you can refer to above as I have no intention of typing it out again, features readings from Antonin Artaud.

   The music on here is very strong too, it is done as professionally as anything Duo Noir would put out, and although it is somewhat unfair to compare these two together, based on the strength of this, there is no other option. It's just like one of those Sonne Hagal albums, with Matt Howden, Ian Read, and anyone else you want to throw in, and the merit never ends.

   Totally in love with this. The freshest air my CD player has inhaled in 2007. Be one of the 77 lucky ones."

In Heathen Harvest





   "Those who manage to pick up the nice pearls amongst the mass of records released in the neofolk scene, should be curious to discover the side project of The Joy of Nature and Discipline… let's remember that this project from the Azores, was responsible, two years ago, for a very promising first full length album titled 'The Fog that Life is Haunted By'.

   Luís Couto chose to come back, a couple of months ago, under the name 'Post Crash High' to self-release a multimedia cd titled suggestively 'The apocalypse came yesterday and no one noticed'.    The musical part of the cd features 10 tracks for a total length of about 65 minutes. Amongst the instruments used, one will recognise guitars, bass, keyboards, violins, percussions, bells… sometimes mixed with samples (like for example on the post-industrial ninth track that includes recording of Ezra Pound, and Roger Blin reading Antonin Artaud). The result offers a varied and eclectic panel of music (and the duration of the tracks too)… ranging from dark ambient, post rock, noisy, experimental to ethereal folk compositions. And as it was already the case with TJONAD, the diversity (but controlled and coherent) is one of the main qualities of this album… where each track plunges the listener into different states of mind and moods… aided in this goal, by the alternation of long and short tracks.
   The interest of this work also resides in the non-audio part of the cd that contains an animation with photos, illustrations and occasional texts… all referring (and enlightening) to each audio track.

   This very limited cd (only 77 numbered copies!) comes in a jewel case and includes a 4-page booklet featuring information about each track as well as bunnies printed artwork.

   A very complete and promising work that is worthwhile being discovered.


In Heimdallr

   "Everyone loves rabbits. The little doe eyes, cute fur and the way their ears stand up melts the hardest of hearts. Rabbits with neck ties though are a different kettle of…well…rabbit. Evil looking fuckers that need to be squashed under tyre treads. Little bastards intent on world domination hiding behind their sweet looks. Kill those fuckers now before it’s too late. Kill, kill, kill!! This tirade was my reaction to the cover of this debut CD / multimedia release by Post Crash High which features those elegantly attired bunnies in all their spine chilling glory. Bunnies on the front. Bunnies on the rear. Dancing bunnies. Dancing to the tune of death. Myxomatosis is too good for those cuddly cunts. 

   This very limited, only 77 copies available, ten tracked work has only one piece of music dedicated to our bunny friends. The aptly titled ‘In the clouds there are rabbits burning and screaming with ties on their necks’ which explains the cover rather eloquently and which thankfully is the only mention to Oryctolagus Cuniculus. ‘The apocalypse came yesterday and no one noticed’ is a rather beautiful expose into semi-tranquil music which utilises components culled from the electronic ambient, apocalyptic folk and experimental musical genres. Thus one moves freely from elegantly strummed guitar pieces through to dark sombre spoken passages onto drifting pastoral sound sculptures before diving headlong into beat driven electronic dark ambience whilst taking in the occasional noise fluctuations and much, much more. The music pleasantly surprises…nay… astounds at every twist and turn. Some of the tracks are very short, between one and four minutes duration, giving just enough time for them to impact and burn into the memory. Others are longer, upwards of twenty minutes, slowly teasing and highlighting the musical prowess on display. By utilising guitars, bass, keyboards, violins, percussion, bells, and some samples Post Crash High has delivered an outstanding (well I think so anyway) piece of work comparable to recordings by The Durutti Column or Coil at their finest but retaining an overall sound best described as sui generis.

   The multimedia aspect of ‘The apocalypse came yesterday and no one noticed’ acts as a perfect companion to the music comprising illustrations, photographs and some text giving a greater insight to the thought process of the artist and adds that final dimension that draws you into this other world as envisaged by Post Crash High. Alice going down the rabbit hole. The only black mark to this otherwise first-rate recording is the absurdly small amount of copies available. Let’s hope they remedy that for the next release…and lose the bloody rabbits."


In Aural Pressure





Projecto paralelo a The Joy Of Nature. Este é o único registo de Post Crash High e trata-se de um CD-R de edição limitada a 77 exemplares. Além das 10 faixas áudio (que ultrapassam a hora de duração), temos como complemento uma faixa multimédia com imagens e textos a acompanhar cada um dos temas. Este é o lado mais obscuro e experimental de Luís Couto. O ambiente contido neste apocalipse sonoro é denso, obscuro, sufocante, apocalíptico. A orientação varia um pouco de tema para tema, mas no geral temos inspirações Industrial, Martial e algum Dark Folk. Enquanto que em Joy of Nature a música está intimamente ligada à Natureza, Post Crash High é uma banda sonora para o lado mais negro da alma humana, dor, desespero, depressão, angústia, ódio, falta de vontade de viver. Em contraste com a música, a capa, contracapa e livrete incluem desenhos de coelhos a dançar na floresta. Mas a capa é um pouco ambígua. Pode significar muita coisa. Uma experiência não recomendada a espíritos mais susceptíveis. 85%


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