Rip Through the Hawk Black Nig

"Avante chamber rock at its most dynamic - like Daniel Johnston singing dystopian Beach Boys songs interpreted by Naked City" so says the one sheet. Thats pretty spot on (though I would definately include a big dash of prog). Schitzophrenic composition, bouncing from acoustic strumming at one second to complex arranged parts to blasts of loud, even electro noise moments. Suckling from the teat of Zorn and at the same time that of W.A.C.O, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic. Interesting stuff, especially if you cant decide what kind of mood you are in, what you want to listen to as a single song will take you on an outDisneylandish ride through a melange.

1) all over the map, moments of carnival, waltzing classical, whacked Naked City, but mostly dark and sombre
2) dark and slow again
3) starts with tinkling bells then slow fade in of pensive stravinsky'esque piano a la Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, mostly pretty and chill it builds to a tasteful dramatic end, this one is straight pop-prog and works best
4) near experimental noise/drone for 3 minutes then vocals and a freejazz style jam appears for a minute
5) strings, piano, disjunct composure, chamber prog-pop at its finest
6) electro bass, piano, introspective lyric, proggy stuff happening, found sound field recording 2 min end, pretty avante and interesting
7) epic quintessential upbeat chamber rock
8) schitzophrenic with louder prog-rock moments for sure, chill middle then back to the prog-rockin
9) this will make raise the peach fuzz on your average indie-rocker's chest: cute and sombre and sweet, with "heartbreaking" vocal
10) mandolin strumming with a Robert Wyatt desperate quality to the vocs, big dramatic piano stylings to end this track/cd