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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.
Despite this, it can be said that the fourth studio release [fifth overall] contains multiple fragments of undeniable interest, especially when the ensemble opts for a robust blend of avant-jazz and unaligned rock, or when its tumultuous guitar dissonances blissfully collide with other diverse sharp edges (“A Little Anarchy Never Hurt Everyone”), forming a caustic unicum with a malleable yet solid structure.
The constitutive dynamic of the ten tracks appears quite standardized: one faces angular crescendos characterized by calm and placid beginnings that, as the seconds pass, increasingly fracture into ever more ruggedness, never entirely cacophonous and with sonic congestions of a vaguely free nature.
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