A bold, high-octane experimental blast of viscous, growling, marvellous meaty textures and beats in this debut instrumental LP by the London-based duo of baritone saxophonist Joe Henwood and drummer Tash Keary, and produced by the ever innovative Dan Carey. Following last year’s superb Slice EP, this is more of the same. Recorded live to tape, the duo summon up a versatile range of dark thrums to dancefloor drops, to jungle breakbeats, proggy and intricate jazz lines, and sludgy, menacing doom metal, the saxophone particular with crunchy and creative squawks and effects, offering a unique and evocative sound and energy, summoning up the thrilling experience of their live shows. It’s a mesmeric experience from first to last, Intro to the stomping 176 or TV Dinners, the psychedelic Wheezy, the drum’n’bassy Micro, the strangely folky the heavy prog rock Green Shirt, the dark stop-start grooves of Cosmo, the epic layering of Sugarfish to doom metal closer Slap Juice. Innovative, otherworldly, primal, playful, and strangely superb. Out on Dan Carey’s wonderfully agile Speedy Wunderground label.
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