HETERO SKELETON - EN LA SOMBRA DEL PÁRAJO VELLUDO (LOAD 105)

EN LA SOMBRA DEL PÁRAJO VELLUDO AKA "IN THE SHADOW OF THE HAIRY BIRD" FOR MY NON-SPANISH SPEAKING FRIENDS MIGHT MAKE YOU THINK "A HA LOAD ARE IN SPAIN FOR THEIR NEW BAND" AND I WOULD SAY "CORRECT CONTINENT BUT MILES AWAY" AS HETERO SKELETON APPEAR TO BE A FINNISH OUTFIT. I SEEM TO RECALL THERE WAS QUITE A VOGUE FOR WEIRD FINNISH MUSIC AROUND THIS TIME, WITH ISLAJA, KEMIALLISET YSTÄVÄT, AND PAAVOHARJU ALL GETTING QUITE A LOT OF GOOD PRESS IN A WAY THAT IDK YOU WOULDN'T GET NOW.

 

IT IS HARD TO TELL EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON AT TIMES BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE A COUPLE OF SAXES WITH A LOT OF PERCUSSION (NOT JUST REGULAR OLD DRUMS) AND SOME KIND OF STRINGED INSTRUMENT ALL BEING THRASHED WILDLY IN A CEMENT MIXER. IT IS A HAPHAZARD APPROACH, ESCHEWING "SONG" FOR SOMETHING THAT FEELS ALMOST ALEATORY. IT ISN'T TERRIBLY LISTENABLE IN ANY SENSE. EVEN FANS OF FREE JAZZ WOULD PROBABLY BE TROUBLED BY IT.

THIS IS A LOAD OF OLD TOSS TO BE QUITE FRANK. IT FAILS EVEN ON THE LEVEL OF PROVOCATION. THERE IS AN INTENSITY TO THEIR JERKING OFF THAT IS KEPT UP TO THE BITTER END. SO MAYBE CHECK THAT OUT!

RATED: RANCID