Guapo - Twisted Stems
March 21 2008 at 01:05:47 AM
Aurora Borealis sends a whisky soaked fist into the ass of expectations with this bizarre gem. Far from Metal, Guapo takes a load off, eschewing the tendency to explode in mighty paroxysms, instead feeding the corpse of Cool Jazz fistfuls of laudanum and dragging it into the marsh for an ugly execution. Bass figure ignore the carnage; piano pounds moodily; chains and gongs and cymbals rattle and bong and sizzle. Tight snare presses pop around the clicking tones of an autoharp. A locomotive cuts through the track, scaring off quail in blasts of speckled brown scatter. Brushes slip over skin breaking like weary legs against sun-choked brush. The mystery persists. Dedicated to Athanasius Kircher and damn near as macroscopic.
[Stewart Voegtlin]
Guapo
Twisted Stems
2006
Aurora Borealis
http://www.aurora-b.com
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