(This review first appeared in issue 52 of Shindig! magazine)
Experimental rock trio
Herbcraft continue to make music that challenges and compels in equal
measure. For their fourth LP band mainstay Matt Lajoie and new
recruits Joe Lindsey and Aaron Neveu have released an improvised
rehearsal tape where ambient dub rubs up against mutant-funk and
Sister Ray style jams. From the primordial soundscape of 'We're Gonna
Make It', into the focused art-rock of 'Fit Ur-Head', learn to expect
the unexpected.
'Push Through The
Veil' is an uncompromising take on Afro-funk with rolling bass, drum
clatter and unhinged but murky vocal wailing, whereas 'No More Doors'
is a more abstract, swampy affair, all voodoo drums and
interplanetary guitar scales.
'Bread Don't Rise' is
the closest track to traditional rock, albeit with undecipherable
lyrics and primal scream delivery. If you're looking for music on
rock's outer reaches, music that's devoid of cliché and unafraid of
experimentation, here it is. One for the heads.
Click here for Herbcraft on Bandcamp.
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