2 members of Wire, Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis, start recording under the moniker Dome in 1980 after Wire went on hiatus. Cupol here is the same members and that name only exists for this release, of which afterwords their releases on 4AD would be under their own names. While not too radically different from their music under Dome, I would say the duo's 4AD work is more drone based. Like This for Ages was released in July 1980. The A-side is an odd sampler based percussive track, that along with the slightly oriental feel and the drone, makes a very strange track overall. The lyrics claim "I've been eating trees; it's been like this for ages". It's a little mesmerizing when listening to, but forgettable afterwerds.
The B-side is a 20-minute long track called Kluba Cupol, played at 33 rpm, that begins with bell like drone and slowly builds adding percussion until around 12 minutes in some industrial synths are added in, and after that point some percussion instruments are removed and the focus begins on the industrial sounds which caries the cacophony until the end of the track. It's an ok mood piece but doesn't really put the listener in a trance which I'm guess was the purpose of the track.
Rating: 2/5
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