Appalachian Experience

Dreyblatt, Arnold & Megafaun
Northern Spy Records
General | Sep 2013

Reviews

Adam
Reviewed 2013-09-21
Folk meets noise meets groovy rhythms. Appalachia-tinged meeting of the minds for the disparate artists; Megafaun closer to Vetiver banjo folk pop territory, Dreyblatt closer to Berlin warehouse intellectual experimental. (mostly) Instrumental, trippy, texture-heavy, hypnotic jams with ramshackle percussion. Amazing, interesting, buoyant stuff and nothing too heavy or abrasive. RIYL: Gunn-Truscinski Duo, Young God Records, Tortoise, This Heat, Akron/Family.

1. Crawlingly slow tempo, sparse, simple beat against ringing feedback and circular melody. (5:15)
*2. Driving march, hypnotic guitars and ringing repetitions, interesting microtonal stringed variations. (8:27)
*3. Droning stringed bliss, cut-and-pasted banjo and airy vocals. Sounds like Andrew Weathers. (8:47)
4. Another cycling groove, more drones and guitar swiping, more brooding. (10:54)

Recent airplay

Recurrence Plot
Music CasseroleDec 07, 2013
Recurrence Plot
!!Nov 14, 2013
Recurrence Plot
Brownian MotionOct 16, 2013
Edge Observation
Eclectic EruditionOct 14, 2013
Radiator
The Sunset LifeOct 06, 2013
Edge Observation
Fight or FlightOct 04, 2013

Charting

2013-09-29 — 2013-12-01
Week EndingAirplays
Nov 17 1
Oct 20 2
Oct 13 1
Oct 6 3

Track listing

1. Home Hat Placement
2. Recurrence Plot
3. Edge Observation
4. Radiator