#364 tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l

Hope I got all that typography right! Album 2 on The Colossus night.

I throw the phrase "unlistenable" around pretty easily when something rubs my ear the wrong way, but that is almost certainly the goal here. The singing i dissonant like early Animal Collective
s least tuneful moments, occasionally burst into out in to shrill reedy shouts, regularly settling into half-off harmonies and dissonance. Musicwise, the songs are built on minimalist little beats with a non-western flourishes here and there, sounding like Ween (or 12 year olds on Nitrous) covering Peter Gabriel and Vampire Weekend.

I kind of admire what they do in places - it comes across as adventurous, and the guys seem to be having fun making bent, wanky noise. But it is not listenable. As in, it is slightly painful to listen to. They didn't quite figure out the Ween trick of making it work: the singing, the music, he beats, the overall approach is so tin that I can't quite stand it. Neat that you guys are doing that but I'll not be listening to it 2.5/5

You might like this if: you want something spastic, adventurous and wild, and don't mind if it comes across as sloppy and more than a little unpleasant. That's not backhanded - that's a lot of people! Try it! Or don't!