Sometimes it’s not just about the music. And the six pieces here – together with the stark monochrome sleeve, a figure with a vapourising head – form a neat art portfolio.
For a band who formed in 1986 or so it comes as a surprise when you realise that his is merely their 8th album.
The fantastically-named Hyperpotamus – alter-ego of the equally terrifically-monickered Jorge Ramirez-Escudero – is a bit of a cover for what is, after all, a one-man-band.
It’s a trivial point in a way, but I can’t find out what label this is on. You see, there’s an Edinburgh indie called ‘Tape’, and this Edinburgh trio’s debut is available on Tape.
You can read the sleeve notes if you like. Then you will believe that this is the product of the Russian space programme
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