By Gig Monkey
I am going to have to be honest with this one. I don’t get it. I really, really tried, and I really, really don’t. I consider myself to be very broadminded when it comes to music, but a track like ‘Delicate Chun’, which is described in the accompanying press release as “the journey represented by the sounds emanating from the electrical components in the car, including many that are never heard by its occupants” – so, with no attempt made to put a rhythm or melodic sequence in place you are left with 8 minutes of “sound”. The other two tracks follow similar, if slightly less extreme routes. ‘Adam’ a tribute to Spunkle’s vocalist and top-drawer percussionist Phagus is the straightest track offered, but even its collection of unrelated rhythmic elements is imperceptive and baffling
There is a great story behind the release that dates to the golden days of indie labels and mail-order music clubs, but that is rendered fairly pointless pretty quickly by the OTT “cleverness” of the recordings. Maybe I am too stupid to get it, but it doesn’t even seem art to me.