For the longest time, I resisted splits. The reason, I think, is that I wanted more music from bands, not less, and splits inherently feature less music from each band than an LP or (usually) an EP would. "But Durf," you're saying, "Even though you get less music from each band, you're getting music from two bands! And besides, isn't something better than nothing?" Reader, I hear you, and I never said it was a good reason. Like many things in my life, it could be explained by the fact that I am, quite frankly, an idiot a lot of the time. But that is the past, because I have come around on splits. It started two years ago with the incredible Chrch/Fister split, then continued on last year with Eye of Solitude/Marche Funébre release. I actually purchased two Panopticon splits, one with Falls of Rauros, the other with Waldgeflüster. They're good! Great, even. Basically everything I thought about splits was incorrect, and I am now more than willing to give them a listen, especially when they feature two bands that get me all tingly. Such is the case with the new split between Coltsblood and Un.
