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Flying Luttenbachers, The
Losing the War Inside Our Heads

Flying Luttenbachers, The: Losing the War Inside Our Heads (ugEXPLODE)

Bridging past and future, this 17th album from The Flying Luttenbachers is a punishing collection of modernist brutality, largely developed by Weasel Walter alone, yet culminating in a ferocious trio performance with Luke Polipnick and Charlie Werber captured in Chicago and NY; dense with asymmetrical riffs, death metal complexity, and avant-garde adaptations; savage!
 

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Label: ugEXPLODE
Catalog ID: ug93
Squidco Product Code: 35738

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2025
Country: USA
Packaging: Digipack
Excruciation" recorded on March 16, 2024 at Marmalade, Chicago by Bill Harris. Everything else recorded in New York and Chicago at ugEXPLODE Studio by Weasel Walter.

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Losing The War Inside Our Heads, the 17th official album by The Flying Luttenbachers, is a bleak and unrelenting collection of five new compositions, showcasing the band's signature intensity and rigorous modernist approach. Following the abstract dissonance of Terror Iridescence (2022), which marked Weasel Walter's return to Chicago after years in New York, this release stands as a transitional work, much like 2003's Systems Emerge From Complete Disorder, one of the band's most ambitious recordings.

Largely conceived and executed by Walter as a solo endeavor, the album serves as a bridge between phases, delivering tightly sculpted, high-density compositions that push the boundaries of the band's "brutal prog" aesthetic. Tracks such as "The Solution is the Problem" unleash cathartic, asymmetrical riffing, while "Id Vomit" draws on brutal death metal's jagged complexity. The album's suffocating atmosphere culminates in "Crawling 1000 Meters Across A Cold Stone Floor Towards The Forbidden", a minimalistic, doom-laden labyrinth of relentless tension.

A meticulous adaptation of Olivier Messiaen's "Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum" (movement five) adds another layer to the album's conceptual depth, with dozens of obsessive guitar overdubs replacing the original orchestral arrangement. Meanwhile, "Excruciation", the album's sole trio recording, connects directly to the band's current lineup, featuring Walter on guitar, Polipnick on bass, and Werber on drums in an electrifying long-form piece that moves between tightly orchestrated melodic unison lines and scorching free improvisation.

This trio lineup, also featured on Spectral Warrior Mythos 2, recently delivered a series of blistering live performances while touring with Melt-Banana, solidifying The Flying Luttenbachers' reputation for visceral, high-impact sonic destruction. With Werber now stepping down and James Paul Nadien taking over the drum throne, the band remains a force of relentless evolution, poised to continue its sonic onslaught throughout 2024.


Artist Biographies

"Weasel Walter (real name Walter Wyzowski) is a composer and instrumentalist who founded the band The Flying Luttenbachers in Chicago in 1991 with a current member of Cellular Chaos and Behold...The Arctopus. Over the years, The Flying Luttenbachers included noted Dylan Posa, and Michael Colligan, while creating a body of music drawing equally from no wave, death metal, gamelan, noise music, hardcore punk and modern classical. Walter moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003, where he formed the latest of many Luttenbachers lineups, remaining on percussion with the addition of bassist Mike Green (Burmese), and virtuoso guitarist Ed Rodriguez (ex-Colossamite, Gorge Trio). Singular guitar phenomenon Mick Barr (Krallice, Octis, Orthrelm) joined the group in 2005. The Flying Luttenbachers ceased to operate in late 2007. On November 25, 2009, Weasel Walter announced that he was moving to New York City to join the band Behold... The Arctopus on drums and will be writing "new, more extreme material from scratch." He also formed Cellular Chaos with Marc Edwards (drummer), Admiral Grey and Ceci Moss."

-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_Walter)
2/7/2025

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"Luke Polipnick is a modern guitar virtuoso and musical polyglot who is gaining a reputation as a fearless improviser and genre-bending composer. His playing encompasses the jazz, blues, and rock and roll traditions, and incorporates elements of Americana and world music with an experimental bent. "Luke Polipnick is one the finest new generation jazz musicians on the scene today. Hip and carryng the torch of tradition, Polipnick blends americana, jazz and contemporary improvisation into a seamless whole." -Fareed Haque

-Reggie's Live (https://reggieslive.com/band/luke-polipnick/)
2/7/2025

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Charlie Werber is a Chicago-based drummer renowned for his versatility across various musical genres, including progressive metal, black metal, and experimental rock. He has been a member of bands such as Guzzlemug, Murmur, and Lovely Little Girls. In 2022, Werber joined The Flying Luttenbachers, contributing to their avant-garde and noise rock projects.

His eclectic rhythmic style has been highlighted in works like Murmur's 2014 self-titled album, where he was noted for indulging in his diverse rhythmic visions.

Werber's dynamic drumming continues to be a significant force in Chicago's experimental music scene.

-Squidco 2/7/2025

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Track Listing:



1. The Solution Is The Problem 7:56

2. Excruciation 11:50

3. Id Vomit 5:31

4. Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum Movement 5 6:36

5. Crawling 1000 Meters Across A Cold Stone Floor Towards The Forbidden 10:20

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