Coil - Black Antlers (2004-6)

Jhonn Balance's tragic death amidst unfinished recordings meant that there was no clear-cut "last Coil album".  The original version of this one might've been the last Coil album released in Balance's lifetime, but even so it was presented as a work in progress; CDRs handed out on tour.  As far as I'm concerned, though, Black Antlers has always felt like just as fitting and satisfying an end to the Coil discography proper, as the more polished Ape Of Naples.

The Gimp (Sometimes) starts proceedings with a full five minutes of discomforting squiggles before settling down into a wearied lament, Sleazy & Thighpaulsandra's electronics reaching ever further into other dimensions.  The late-Coil collection of sardonic and surreal Balance narratives hits a high point with Sex With Sun Ra, and Wraiths And Strays captured how dynamic and exciting their live work had become.  In 2006, three more tracks were added by Sleazy to round off one of the most satisfying Coil releases, and most poignant in showing what they still had to give.

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Previously posted at SGTG:
Astral Disaster
Musick To Play In The Dark
...and the ambulance died in his arms