I have no idea what this is, and frankly that intrigues me. When I found this year, I was totally thrown backwards by how off center it is. Questions arise as to what instrument's are those? How come I have never really been aware of this band?
You bet this sticks with me because I've kept coming back to this and their first record. Wow. This is art in a way I've not really heard before. Though I'm quite familiar with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum's shtick, the lore or story, that isn't what I care about here. I still find curious nibblets and crevices in In Glorious Times, for what it is worth.
This record weaves in and out of a chaotic place, there are some standard numbers, but it doesn't fit with what is expected in any shape. Every song is constructed to feel like its own affair rather than fit into an overall piece (at first), but after awhile I found that the songs work in a disjointed way. I love the shit out of the bass work on Formicary, is as off time as anything I've heard in quite sometime.
I think they've followed in the school of thought like the group Oingo Boingo. Like Boingo they were unique voice amongst a lot of distortion i.e. a modern band, whereas SGM follows in that next idiom. Because of that, I'm just blown away by the presentation. There is a mix of all styles packaged in a neat way. Though I think they were undeserved by a eclectic audience, the thing that I really like is that they are insulated from the type of monster exposure which has been aped and broken by large entities for per profit.
But, I think the more I delve into this pasture of sound, the more I'm hungry. What else can I find that has this type of presentation. I've already been well versed with King Crimson, The Swans, and Oingo Boingo, who else is out there? To hell with radio, there isn't anything I care to hear there anyways. I am anxious to hear what their final opus will be. Thanks for reading.
B.
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