SRX
"Vessel" CDR
EP
Dead Sea Liner
Genre: freak folk, experimental
France
May 14, 2009 |
Records from Britain's Dead Sea Liner
imprint always seem to defy description. As with the EL Heath
and Textured Bird Transmission discs, wyrd
folk artifact Vessel seems more about atmosphere than
anything else -- an intriguing and despairing soundscape meant for
(real or imagined) rainy days. Dreary piano lines and sparse guitar
strokes are employed to build eerie musical architectures, while lone
contributor Sandra Reignoux sings/speaks over top, sounding
something like a compromise between Bjork, Cibo Matto,
and Blonde Redhead's Kazu Makino. Although her approach
is far from conventional, this affair turns out to be remarkably
listenable, if unquestionably bizarre. As always, a pleasant excursion
from the Dead Sea Liner crew. Vessel is a little short, but it
makes the most of its duration.
Notes: Each copy includes a page
removed from a horticultural guidebook. Mine is about
buckwheat.
76%
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 5 tracks, distributed by
the
label,
released April 2008] |