IMPRACTICAL COCKPIT - TO BE TREATED (LOAD 079)

GOD YOU KNOW I HAVE TO ADMIT I DON'T KNOW JACK SHIT ABOUT NEW ORLEANS MUSIC OUTSIDE OF JAZZ AND PANTERA AND EVEN AS SOMEONE WHO LIVED THROUGH LOAD RECORDS' IMPERIAL PHASE I CAN'T REMEMBER A GODDAMN THING ABOUT NOLA DIY WEIRDOS IMPRACTICAL COCKPIT. SAYS HERE THEY'RE A TRIO (SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT) AND THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT STILL BE TOGETHER. THIS IS THEIR ONLY LOAD RELEASE THOUGH THEY HAVE DONE PLENTY OTHER STUFF. THIS IS LIKE THEIR SIXTH ALBUM?

I GOTTA SAY I JUST CHIMED WITH THIS FROM THE GET-GO. IT FEELS FAIRLY FREEFORM BUT SOMEONE IN THE BAND IS ALWAYS REIGNING THEM BACK IN TOWARD STRUCTURE AND REPETITION. THERE'S SOMETHING IN THIS THAT REMINDS ME SIMULTANEOUSLY OF BEEFHEART, PARSON SOUND, POST-PUNK, THINKING FELLERS UNION LOCAL 282 AND A BUNCH OF OTHER UNDERHERALDED FREE ROCK TITANS OF DAYS OF YORE. THE SOUND IS NICELY BALANCED AND NO ONE IS JUST PLAYING A RANDOM ANNOYING SOUND FOR THE SAKE OF IT. IT'S ALL INTERPLAY. IT'S THE KIND OF THING I WANT FROM SIGHTINGS ALL THE TIME (SIGHTINGS ARE BETTER INDIVIDUAL MUSICIANS, TO BE FAIR, BUT SO WHAT IN A WAY)

THIS IS IT GUYS, I AM GOING TO GET THE IMPRACTICAL COCKPIT BEDSPREAD AND TATTOO, SURELY THEIR OTHER MUSIC IS ALL AS GOOD AS THIS. I'LL FIND OUT LATER. THIS RULES. LOAD IS ON A BIG RUN RIGHT NOW (SHAME THAT THE CATALOGUE ORDER IS STILL OUT OF WHACK WITH CHRONOLOGY).

CERTIFIED: GOOD