Duck Foetus - Gay Spit World

Duck Foetus

Gay Spit World
​Atwood Tapes; 2021

By Dan Weston

Duck Foetus is a bedroom metal band originating in Garrison, NY. Duck Foetus was the high school band of Jeff N, Josh A and Logan M. They apparently broke up but released Gay Spit World. The album is lo-fi, experimental and crosses genres. 

“I'm Not Going Anywhere Near Me (doomball)” is the opener and the first thirty-second sound like an intro. The song transforms into more of a rock song. There are multiple vocalists here. Some of it was a bit overwhelming and borderline comical because of how pissed and worked up the vocalist sounded. Musically, there’s a lot going on. It’s intense and I was hearing elements of post-rock and emo. The felt song felt like young dudes letting out some anger and frustration. I’m no longer a young dude and on my fourth decade of life but I could still relate to their pent up cathartic release. 

“Danse Macabre (dance of the dark moon)” is sort of infused with post-punk but again something about the song felt playful and tongue in cheek. It was on the line of ironic. I thought it was a cool song that was hard to pinpoint the intent. 

It took me longer to write the title of “in case of emergency break dance (feat. Lex Valentina)” then listen to the eleven-second song. “Sky Burial’ definitely seemed to be ironic and having a good time especially the villain like intro. The song is sort of this mechanical sounding mix of chip-tune and metal. There are vocals which almost over-flooded my brain. There’s a lead and background vocal which when paired sounded unique. 

I’m a big fan of shoegaze so I enjoyed the shoehaze infused “Sho3gaze Afternoon//Cut-Up atwood History Lesson & Mozart Concertos.” It’s a seven-minute song that contains reverb laced synths of some sort, distant ghostly vocals and even some piano towards the middle. This song actually felt fairly straightforward compared to the previous songs.

“I Am The Doorway” and the song of this hyperbolic exaggeration. It’s sort of sludge metal with cartoonish villain-like vocals not too far away from an artist from Marilyn Manson. 

The band is really just getting started. The slow moving and over the top “Hole That Can't Be Plunged (eternal darkness of broken mind)” is another song that’s on the line between absurdity and comedy. “Anime Hell (Penultimate Circle)”is a distant and dissonant song. They close with an almost eleven-minute song entitled “worm//Church Bells Outside Brooklyn College 2/8/2020.” There are some heavy grooves, some sections that sound like mood music in sci-fi movie and even some epic moments. 

​This is an album where I’m not entirely sure where they were coming from. That’s certainly not a bad thing, in fact I think that’s cool. From my perspective it felt like an anything goes album. Don’t overthink it and don’t be afraid to be over the top in an absurd and sometimes even comical way. I liked this album and no matter your thoughts on it there’s no denying it’s original.

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