Five Hundred Boy Piano

The second full length by this Leicester-UK quartet (umpteenth overall including live & CDR releases, collaborations with members of Bablicon, etc...) for the United Dairies label. The appeal of this group to someone like Steven Stapleton has never been up for question; they work the perfect combination of music (sprawling edited improvs that flow from faucets Faust through Folk) and non-music (creaking clacking found sounds, reverb-coated] glossolalia).

The six tracks herein cover a disparate sonic turf...the epic of the CD, 'The Tallest People in the World' alone works austere oscillating resonance patterns fully before flowing into full-on Camberwell Now territories (maritime themes, low Hayward-esque nasal monotones in octave unison), then into a version of 'Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict' played back at its recorded speed (-gallic ranting, +pagan chant). Bravo. Clearly showing an innate knack for pushing the limits of 4-track-hacksmanship into something truly zombie, far out there in it. Surreal.