State Laughter

2xLP expanded reissue of what i've read Steven Stapleton considers the first album to realize his vision of what NWW was to be. NWW have made some of the most terrifying music I've ever heard, all the while balancing on a wire of surrealist humor. NWW is what you see when your eyes are closed in bed when you are 5 years old and scared of the dark. NWW/ David Lynch collab would be a dream/nightmare. HTM is as good a place to start as any. It's a testament to the fact that music exists in every inch of our lives and it's ours to extract from the earth.This is the story of a man who walked into a studio with no musical training and invented a career for himself.