microphones in the trees: wild gunmen
Showing posts with label wild gunmen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wild gunmen. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 04, 2012

lichen gumbo


"Lichen Gumbo is a rock’n'roll duo from unmapped rural Finland, where mystical muddy swamps and aurora borealis lit skylines mix with low signal sitcoms from overseas. no time for mumbo jumbo, just straight forward shredding here. these songs are about existential longing for god forsaken roadhouses and weird bohemian parties. Lichen Gumbo is the sound of blasting through the dusty roads of Savo with Pappa-Tunturi. recorded with dictaphones, tape decks, a reel to reel machine and an mp3 player bought from Lidl. from the damaged minds of Olli Aarni (Nuojuva, Ous Mal) and Ville Oinonen (Vo Motars, Tanec Hrac). Blue see-through tapes with full-colour J-cards designed by Anya Kuts. Edition of 100." fon


recuerdo aquel post, tiempo ha, en el que adrián nos descubría el snow-folk de ous mal, y desde entonces y de forma recurrente no puedo evitar escuchar y seguir los pasos de olli aarni. lo que hace a lichen gumbo tan especial como nuojuva, aún siendo tan distintos, es su belleza inexplicable, ese clima indescriptible, el toque mágico, la sensación de atemporalidad.

zoom zoom ohm umpha suena a clásico sin serlo, y me recuerda a the fall y the lyres versión crepuscular. hay desvaríos psicodélicos, wow wows, guitarras anti-folk, canciones cortas y pequeñitas que se mezclan de forma caprichosa con el universo ducktails vs gorky's zygotic mynci y con sonidos más orgánicos y bucólicos: el trino de los pájaros, el kikirikí de gallos vespertinos y  el eco celestial de unas voces que viven y juegan en el mismo bosque encantado de matthew himes. pero sobre todo me recuerda a los discos de wild gunmen y the cherry blossoms (the hank tapes!), ése es el espíritu, naif, crujiente, nashville, casi infantil. 'orange myrtle' me hace sonreir de felicidad, tan bonita, lisérgica, radiante. 'goggles' es absolutamente keijo virtanen y unos rambling boys entusiasmados y acelerados. 'bertha', de temperatura cálida y acogedora, es danzarina, optimista y tropical, aunque mi corazón pertenece a 'swampaye', bonita con mayúsculas, única e irrepetible. pero ojo a las guitarras macguire~julian lynch de 'typical dreamer'. zoom zoom es como un cuento para niños, dibuja paisajes tropicales pero con ruidos de fondo, es cavernoso y al mismo tiempo ensoñador, es travieso e inmediato como el primer disco de ganglians. es jangle pop, es jangle folk, garage atmosférico, lo-fi, surf, new wave...pero ante todo es exaltación y felicidad

Saturday, June 07, 2008

the cherry blossoms


"This Nashville collective long shunned the notion that music is something to be consumed, preferring the communal experience of the live show. John Allingham, Peggy Snow and/or Laura-Matter Fukushima, Allen Lowrey, Chris Davis, Chuck Hatcher, Taylor Martin, Aaron Russell, Beth Matter have been playing as The Cherry Blossoms for almost 15 years, making loose folk that sounds like a combination of Harry Smith and Sun Ra. Finally, seven years after laying songs to tape, they got around to releasing their debut album this summer, with the help of six different labels, and it's easily the most unapologetically joyous recording I've heard and enjoyed in some time." dusted

"Mind-bending lp from Nashville's number one clatter-folk band. Listening to this record is like listening into the slipstream of general music conciousness. Sure, it was recorded a number of years ago, but the music still has a vitality that is completely unique in today's sonic landscape. This is truly timeless music that resides on the edge of collapse without actually snapping the tether, like some of the best historic rollercoasters now in disrepair. Nothing too flashy about this rickety ride, just some good, honest, fun. Beautiful cover art by Peggy Snow" apostasy

"This thing has 12 songs and every single one is a gem ~ I love the two Allingham songs with "rock" in the title, "Rockin' Rocket Ship" and "Rocks and Stones" and Snow's great ones include "The Mighty Mississippi," "Golden Windows," and "The Wind Did Blow," which is so nice it almost sounds like what woulda happened if the Velvet Underground had just had Mo Tucker sing the ballads on their first album instead of Nico, after inviting the Holy Modal Rounders' Indian War Whoop lineup to sit in of course. There's even a Blue Oyster Cult cover. Kudos all around ~ now the only question is where is the Arizona Drains vinyl?" blastitude