The Howler (Instrumental)
Minus the drums, this stripped-back version enables the listener to get deep into the slightly unsettling sound world being conjured up here, especially the striking Belew solo in the middle. “I don’t play a note in the solo, not a single note, it’s just a horrid machine-like, rats scratching their claws on a chalk board, sound,” he told Guitar magazine. “There is so much of a noise element in it, also because I have a harmoniser tuned a half-step down, and I’m beating on the guitar with a metallic slide.”