SKOAL KODIAK - KRYPTONYM BODLIAK (LOAD 136)

HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE COMEDIAN NORMAN COLLIER? HIS OTHER MAJOR COMEDIC INNOVATION ASIDE FROM A RIDICULOUSLY LARGE HAT WAS THE 'BROKEN MIC ROUTINE' IN WHICH HE CLEVERLY MANAGED TO OMIT RANDOM SYLLABLES TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE HE WAS PERFORMING WITH FAULTY EQUIPMENT. GENIUSES THAT SKOAL KODIAK ARE, THEY MANAGE TO DO IT WITH EXPENSIVE SOUNDING TECHNOLOGY.

THE BASIC PROPOSITION HERE IS REASONABLY DANCEABLE GROOVES WITH WEIRD VOCAL STYLINGS OVER THE TOP. HAD SIX FINGER SATELLITE HAD THE ABILITY TO MOVE WITH THE TIMES, THEY MIGHT HAVE ENDED UP SOUNDING LIKE MINNESOTANS SKOAL KODIAK. IT'S KIND OF LIKE HOLY FUCK WITH OUTER SPACE VOCAL TRANSMISSIONS IN THE VEIN OF (BUT NOT AS GOOD AS) DAMO SUZUKI. I COULD IMAGINE THEM SUPPORTING !!! OR THE RAPTURE AND DOING WELL WITH A NORMAL AUDIENCE.

THEY HAVE ONE BASIC SONG MADE UP OF A FUNK-DERIVED GROOVE WITH SOME SYNTH EXPLORATIONS AND VOCAL UNHINGEDNESS AND IT IS A PRETTY SOLID SONG. AGAIN, LIKE WITH SEX CHURCH, I AM WONDERING EXACTLY WHAT IS LOAD RECORDS ABOUT THIS FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF AESTHETIC RIGOUR. WE HAD LOAD'S MAXIMALIST DAYGLO FURY ERA AND THEN AN ERA OF HEAVY AND DEPRESSING. BUT THIS IS JUST KINDA COMPETENT INDIE-ADJACENT MUSIC THAT DOESN'T FIT ANY NARRATIVE. MAYBE IT WILL!