A defiant splatterpunk body horror on the Inneracy of theological
doctrine, in the context of recovery, addiction, death & grieving. A kind
of reverent aching. A glorious descent into havok & profanity.
Exploring what god is to an addict, The Bible II is a gory,
surreal How-Not-To-Guide for alcoholics coming to terms with their own saviour
complex in absence of traditional methods of recovery.
Saints, Apostles, Whales & all things Holy are warped,
re-examined, chewed & appropriated into something more fitting for the
modern climate. Pianos erupt through bodies & through half remembered or
halfway forgotten conversations; people become buildings & their dereliction;everyone
is scarred & replete with teeth but everyone is worthy of Redemption it
just depends how. Mixing violent, aching prose with experimental forms, the
grotesque & sublime play off each other in tangible ways that makes the
apocalypse both personal & revelatory. Owing as much to Giallo films as it
does to Hardcore Punk Bands like Orchid & Circle Takes The Square as well
as the wildness of poets like Fran Lock, Daniel Borzutzky & Joelle Taylor
this unsettling mediation grows to a crescendo of hope, if you've the temerity
to reach out & grab it.
Exploring how culpability is dealt with in regards to making
amends to the ghosts of past lives, whilst living through a mass extinction
event of our own making. despite the gallows humour & frank brutality
moments of tenderness shine in amongst the maelstrom of words that translates
Sam’s frenetic explosive performance style to the page. The poems bleed into
each other reframing narratives held up as gospel with the context of
perspective as each page turns creating new understanding.
The world is ending but if you need something a little more holy
to guide your soul wherever you think you are heading this might be it.