Joseph Davenport has been making some of the most sonically pulverizing and engaging noise over the course of 6 CD-Rs, cassettes, and digital releases with his Millipede project. His last full-length, “Death Mountain,” was an epic journey through a re-imagined Legend of Zelda as he reconstructed the world of the game with sound. Unlike the majority of noise that crashes your ears into wounded oblivion with its relentless aggression, Millipede produces much more complicated moods, operating in a post-My Bloody Valentine environment and integrating shoegaze tropes into the approach. “Full Bloom,” the new full-length released by Install, is Millipede’s best recorded output so far. The first four tracks are punishing, dense, and intricately layered blasts of guitar sound, but Davenport’s ability to establish melodic phrases is evident, especially on the slow burning gaze of “Confetti and Cupcakes.” With track 5, “Nitrous Dream,” Davenport drifts toward an uncharacteristically calm and reflective sound-mode and stays there for the rest of the album. These 5 songs are his most sophisticated pieces yet. “A Rainbow Beam From Your Mouth” is emotionally alive in a way that sets Millipede apart from traditional noise artists. At just over a minute, “White Dwarf” is truly transcendental and fully capable of being the score for a Michael Mann film. “Stargazer” rips back in with massive walls of guitar violence, but lingering just underneath the horror is a beautiful phrase resting just out of reach. The closing track, “Flowers Wilting,” seems to call into question the title of the album, exemplifying the doomful joy that the album as a whole captures so well. With an upcoming album to be released soon on Dead Pilot, 2010 is gearing up to be a great year for Millipede despite the dark sadness that looms throughout this excellent record. 8/10 -- Elliott Sharp (24 June, 2010)