Artist..........: Seabrook Power Plant
Album...........: Seabrook Power Plant
Genre...........: Jazz
Label...........: Loyal Label
Catnr...........: LLCD006
Source..........: CDDA
Rip.Date........: 18-05-2010
Street.Date.....: 09-06-2009
Quality.........: VBR/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
Url.............: http://www.myspace.com/brandonseabrook
Size............: 55.71MB
Song.Title :
01. Peter Dennis Blanford Townshend 2:33
02. Ho Chi Minh Trail 4:39
03. Waltz Of The Nuke Workers 6:08
04. Occupation 1977 7:44
05. Base Load Plant Theme 3:12
06. I Don't Feel So Good 3:55
07. Feedlot Polio 3:40
08. Doomsday Shroud 7:25
Runtime: 39:16 min
Release.Info :
Seabrook Powerplant is the long awaited debut of Brandon Seabrook as an ensemble
leader, one of the most impressive young guitarists to arise from the verdant
Brooklyn scene. Despite his relatively limited discography, the New England
Conservatory graduate has been active since the mid-1990s, as a member of
Radical Jewish Culture pioneers Naftule's Dream, the eclectic Beat Circus and
more recently, in collaboration with Peter Evans, Jessica Pavone, Jeremy Udden
and other like-minded peers.
Splitting his time equally between banjo and guitar, Seabrook is joined by his
brother, Jared Seabrook on drums and Tom Blancarte on bass. Eschewing the
typical eclecticism of most premiers, Seabrook Powerplant offers a focused
statement from a tight-knit trio whose rapport demonstrates the finely tuned
interplay of a veteran ensemble, convincingly knitting together disparate
strains of Eurasian folk music, punk, metal and the avant-garde.
Equally adept on banjo and its six string cousin, Seabrook is a phenomenal
virtuoso and an in-demand sideman, occasionally stealing the spotlight from his
employers with his prodigious technique and innovative use of EFX. A singular
talent, he pushes the limits of pyrotechnic showmanship beyond convention, into
the realm of surreal psychedeliaùas revealed in the oblique angles and thorny
intervals of "Waltz of the Nuke Workers." In any other context his blistering
fretwork on "I Don't Feel So Good" might sound excessive; contrasted against
menacingly slow Melvins-inspired sludge metal riffs and his brother's
Bonham-esque backbeats, his blinding salvos acquire a dramatic urgency.
Blancarte and Seabrook's brother Jared are empathetic foils to the leader's
mercurial flights, providing stalwart support and conversational interaction.
Blancarte's stout bass tone provides a robust harmonic foundation, while his
expansive arco playing adds sonic intrigue. In tandem with Seabrook's spiky
banjo cadences, his acerbic bowing on "Ho Chi Minh Trail" is as bracing as the
spectral harmonics he conjures on "Occupation 1977," and as haunting. A
percussive firebrand, Jared effortlessly navigates stop-start rhythms and
shifting time signatures, exemplified by "Base Load Plant Theme," which
pirouettes from pneumatic funk to gritty thrash metal with spasmodic glee,
invoking the trio's heroesùthe seminal 1980s West Coast hardcore trio The
Minutemen.
Unveiling a fascination with the post-Watergate era, Seabrook's oppressive song
titles, like "Ho Chi Minh Trail," "Occupation 1977" and "Doomsday Shroud" lend a
visual cue to these strident performances. "Ho Chi Minh Trail" is riot of
piercing Eastern tonalities and quicksilver rhythms, while "Occupation 1977"
modulates from kaleidoscopic minimalism to a monolithic dirge of
Sabbath-inflected intensity. Emblematic of its title, the mordant tone poem
"Doomsday Shroud" closes the album with grave resolve.
Although Seabrook Powerplant only scratches the surface of Brandon Seabrook's
talents, it is nonetheless a stunning debutùa visceral session from a seasoned
trio blazing new paths through the tenuous divide between jazz and rock.
Contact : crossfader@hush.ai
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