Artist : Beneva Vs. Clark Nova
Album : Sombunall
Year : 2008
Genre : Electronic
Quality : 233kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CD
Playtime : 0h 41m
Size : 73.00mb
Label : FenΩtre Records
Catalognr : FEN003
Tracklist:
01. I'm Twins (The Babies Said) 4:04
02. 88 Kilos Of Excrement 4:13
03. His Freefloating Affection 3:40
04. Institute Benjamenta 2:41
05. Thora's Inferno 3:31
06. With Love, Etc 3:36
07. Suppose She Was Telepathic 2:49
08. Social Wrist-Twistings 4:06
09. Lazy, But Comfortable Size 3:17
10. Two Men Being Hospitalized When Only One Had To Be 3:01
11. Poligraph Polygraphikov 3:20
12. Nothing, Only Worthwhile 3:06
Releasenotes:
That Beneva vs. Clark Nova names one of Sombunall's songs "Institute Benjamenta"
is certainly telling, as Frank Benjamin Finger (Beneva) and Rudi Simmons (Clark
Nova) share with film-makers The Brothers Quay and composer Lech Jankowski an
affinity for wildly imaginative and off-the-wall eccentricity. Last summer's
three-inch Flotsam/Jetsam release was certainly a credible enough coming-out but
it hardly hinted at just how splendid the group's full-length debut would be.
Its audacious material bursts with activity and imagination, and instrumentally
Beneva vs. Clark Nova perpetuates the open-ended tradition of groups such as M·m
where every possible soundùnatural and artificialùis fodder for the group's
idiosyncratic music-making (in fact, "I Suppose She Was Telepathic," with its
clicking beats and melodica, could easily pass for a song by the Icelandic
outfit). Shape-shifting and mercurial, Sombunall includes a dozen constantly
flickering snapshots that rarely settle into any one place for longer than a
moment or two.
In "I'm Twins (the Babies Said)," glitch-laden woodwinds, piano and banjo swell
into a dizzying phantasmagoria. "88 Kilos of Excrement" presents a dense
firestorm of squirrelly beats, shredded voices, and strings. "Thora's Inferno"
channel-surfs through episodes of mangled voices that resemble braying cuckoo
clocks and scratchy beats that rumble and clatter. The addition of Norwegian
vocalist Therese Aune to "His Freefloating Affection" may remind some listeners
of Psapp, especially when glockenspiels and a flotilla of percussive noises
spill over the song's arresting melodies. "Poligraph Polygraphikov" takes the
listener on a rollicking roller-coaster ride before "Nothing; Only Worthwhile"
closes the album in a sparkling and high-spirited folk romp. To top it off, the
arresting cover photo, Sandy Skoglund's "Babies at Paradise Pond," provides that
rare instance when visual presentation dovetails perfectly with musical content.
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