Gutbucket is a New York-based avant-jazz/experimental rock quartet whose instrumentation includes electric guitar, drums, contrabass and saxophone.

According to a 2009 review, A Modest Proposal is described as the band's fourth studio release (fifth overall). The same review characterises their live shows as more incendiary than this studio recording and highlights collisions of tumultuous guitar dissonances with other sharp edges.

A 2009 review of A Modest Proposal finds Gutbucket's studio sound more restrained than their live ferocity, while praising moments where avant-jazz and unaligned rock collide. The record is noted for tumultuous guitar dissonances and structured yet rugged crescendos. Overall the reviewer gives a measured, mixed appraisal.

For:Listeners of experimental jazz, avant-garde rock, and fans of guitar-heavy, dissonant ensembles.

 From the repeated listening of the recent release by the New York quartet, essentially based on electric guitar, drums, contrabass & saxophone, one vividly gets the impression that within the walls of the recording studio, they are unable to fully channel the subversive/destabilizing potential spirit found in their scorching live shows: as if at times they were fearful or unaware of the burning ember smoldering amidst the ashes of their whirlwind cauldron.

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