ROCK

摘要

I first raved to HFN readers about this admittedly difficult Portland, Oregon, band back in 2010, and I'm going to do it again but, be warned, they're as awkward as ever. Despite the departure of founder-member Brent Knopf, their music has lost none of its multi-layered, sonically dense, polyrhythmic attributes, and the songs are as lyrically obtuse as ever. If Steely Dan were to jam with The Flaming Lips and then bring in George Clinton to re-mix the results, it might produce an album like this, but the curious thing is that, after a few plays, it all starts not just to make sense but to become intensely enjoyable, and if you're not careful, you'll find yourself whistling snippets of their esoteric melodies in the bath.