A 19th studio album by San Francisco the prog-punk-jazz experimentalists drummer Greg Saunier, guitarists Ed Rodriguez and John Dieterich, and bassist/singer Satomi Matsuzaki is another blast of brilliant musicianship, but also the first entirely sung in Matsuzaki’s native Japanese. That said, the titles are all in English and the with many songs accompanied by translations, and the band’s distinctive oeuvre remains language of unusual melody and stop-start rhythms. The album’s central theme is around the best form of love, and is best on the more energetic numbers, from opener Sit Down Let Me Tell You A Story, or My Lovely Cat, or And The Moon Laughs, or Momentary Art of Soul! Packed as ever with oddball sounds and eccentric twists, there are some strangely wonderful quieter numbers such as the title track, The Poignant Melody, closing track Wedding, March, Flower in which Saunier also sings in Japanese, or the stripped back, gentle Latin-jazz organ groove of The Little Maker, on which Matsuzaki mischievously sings: “Doesn’t this song sound different from usual Deerhoof?” Yes and yet no, because as ever, they never sit still, and are impossible to pin down. Out on Joyful Noise Recordings.
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