Seemingly without his Validators for this outing, M J Hibbett instead strums up a storm on his trusty Ukelele with able support from a handful of percussion instruments, a little bit of guitar and a drummachine.
Any album that starts off with the easily recognisable sounds of an Omnichord can’t be that bad, ditto for any album that is released on Australia’s ‘Half A Cow’ label (run by an ex-Lemonhead if you’re interested).
Alabama 3 are one of those bands, the ones that you’ve maybe heard soundtracking some TV show (in this case The Sopranos) but never trouble the charts.
What do you do when reality and fantasy intersect? Lustfaust were a German noiserock band active in the 70’s who produced a bewildering array of releases, and who’s history is laid out in almost obsessive detail at www.lustfaust.com. Or were they?
The first single from new album ‘Preparations’ is a joyful collaboration with New York psych outfit Wall of Seven Bells, invoking a bucolic electronic gauze that, despite the modern production, is timeless.
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