In May, Grant Chapman, a New York City-based musician who handles percussion for Chris Taylor’s Body Meat, released the self-titled debut from his sample-driven project Torture Methods. Torture Methods is described as a gothic, glitch-drenched nightmare — yet one of those entertaining visions that unfolds in the mind like a surrealist arthouse film. On Friday Sept. 18, Chapman returned with a fresh single, “RIPPER, REAPER.”
“RIPPER, REAPER” exudes a seductive and haunting atmosphere. Demonic screams and chopped vocal fragments swirl together, spinning in a jungle-tinged cyclone. There are hints of feminine timbres, echoes of chains, and a blooming melody that almost feels Mozartian. Bandcamp’s description of the track reads: “Over the festering belly buzzed the flies, out of it crawled the worms of decay, in squadrons dark and sluggish stream seething along the ragged flesh.” Spooky!
Listen below.
