Bell Barrow, a.k.a. Jeremy Moore, has today released his new album titled ‘CoreCore Pulp’ via the non-profit label The Saccharine Underground.

Vivid dystopia and noise as pure freedom of expression, Bell Barrow feels the mood and constitutes the vibe with a set of songs that feels like a concept from conception. With hints of everything from metal to jazz infusion via confusion and something so original that one feels compelled to listen as an exploration as much as curiosity. This is how the best new and original music entices you to stay and become a part of what was created.

Like sex with a stranger, you have no idea what you’re in for and even less of an idea of what the repercussions could be, you only know that you will probably have a good time. ‘CoreCore Pulp’ is condensed into twelve tracks of sonic bliss and audio audacity.

About ‘CoreCore Pulp’

Bell Barrow is the latest evolution of the Washington D.C. non-profit label The Saccharine Underground, featuring sole member and label curator Jeremy Moore (guitars, 4-string fretless bass, drums, noise/synthesis). Bell Barrow’s album debut, CoreCore Pulp, is a 12-track record fusing the prominent noise and power electronics of Merzbow and Throbbing Gristle with free jazz psychedelia and avant-garde black metal.

The Saccharine Underground label has been home to many of Moore’s avant-garde and experimental projects, including the dark ambient and occult rock act Gorazde, psychedelic free improvisational band Zero Swann, and the recently-formed progressive post-punk band Zabus. Whereas many of Moore’s previous projects featured prominent rock, post-punk, and proto-goth influences, with voice as the centerpiece and anchor for the songs, Bell Barrow assumes an identity distinct from previous groups, relying on freely improvised, fully instrumental textured soundscapes and guitar and rhythm passages, rooted in serialism and marked by tempered cacophony. Moore explains:

“The idea for CoreCore Pulp began with a thematic twist on the social media trend “Corecore”, a form of visual poetry and social commentary utilizing collages of images and videos paired with ambient music to elicit a specific emotional impact. What if we received messages from the future that showed us the result of society’s lawless worship of primal desire and widespread unbridled fetishism? Mutual consent is what separates (ethically and legally) the tenets of BDSM from criminality. The inequality in power dynamics is condoned and understood; but if perverted and normalized by society through lower order group think and collective desensitization, we become a deranged civilization that thrives on victim exploitation. CoreCore Pulp is a mirror of our future selves, where self-obsession, malice, apathy, and detachment devolve into sentient deviance—all catalyzed by rapid advancements in technology.”

When listening to CoreCore Pulp, one can envision “messages” or transmissions from the “tachyonic antitelephone”, where information from the future reaches us in the present, violating causality. Each track is a separate message, with dissonance and melody providing essential echo and contrast—a future hell communicated through sound and sublimated in the present through artistic expression.

CoreCore Pulp was engineered by Andy Baldwin (Metropolis Studios) and produced by Bell Barrow with artwork designed by Jeremy Moore.

LINKS:
https://saccharineunderground.bandcamp.com/
https://x.com/zabusmusic
https://www.youtube.com/@jeremymoore1595