Labels: Promenade
Review by: Andy Malcolm
This is just fantastic! From the two slabs of wood that this record comes bundled between, to the crazed electronica instrumentals that sprawl across the two sides of this 7″, it is all good. The web-site refers to it as Kraut, but I really have no starting point with such a term. All I can say is that the music is rather “out there”. Opener “And I Had Brought A Copy of Death” revolves around the mad rhythms and psychedelic noises that just pour out of the speakers and scare the wits out of you in some subtle way. It’s never over-powering, but there is just so much going on that it starts to overload the brain. Things spin further out of control as it goes a long. Following that is the violence of “GPS! Vs. KRT?” which is an absolute demolition. Full bore drumming, garagey guitars, masses of distortion, casio keyboards, and totally fucked, yelled vocals. It’s the sound of San Diego gone wrong. Awesome. On the final 4 tracks they revert to the instrumental weirdness. Off-kilter drumming and rhythms lead the way on “Fredrik’s Theme”, whilst “Ill in Remote Locations” is screwed up electronica and fizzy beats a la Kid 606. “Swing Low 18/32” is utterly unsettling, with a looped sample of what must be something from the 1930’s or so underpinning another track that barely manages to keep itself together – more insane electronica and a bouncy guitar line keep you guessing for the duration. I think this is my favourite of all on here. Things wind up on “El Caballo Obsceno Del Deserto” which is very strange indeed. Keyboards, Mexican ‘Gringo’ style vocals and I really can’t fathom this track for the life of me, despite it being one of the more straight forward ones on here.
Well, just when you thought every instrumental indie band was sounding the same, tMoT deliver a punishing blow to the skull and turn things on their heads with this outlandish little recording. This sort of thing is totally new to me, and that’s probably why I got so much out of it.
There are 300 copies of these, go get one now before you never see this again. Yep, one of the best things I have heard in ages. Note: not for the faint of heart, nor the musically unadventurous.