Album Review
Evans, Peter / Weasel Walter – “Poisonous” – [Ug/Explode]
Presented here are seven frantic, manic blasts of trumpet and drums. How much sound can these two instruments produce, with the help of some electronics? Turns out the answer is, “not a small amount”. This release is firmly in the free jazz vein, as in free to be as noisy and unhinged as possible. Peter Evans spans the spectrum of possible trumpet sounds, and manages to coax new, decidedly un-trumpet-like sounds from his tortured brass. KFJC has other pieces from this artist. Weasel Walter, a veteran of a variety of projects both in and out of the jazz world, including Flying Luttenbachers and To Live and Shave in LA, is well-known to the station for his frenetic drum rushes and all-around troublemaking, and here he’s exorcising more of his demons with unabated fury. A highlight for me is track three, “Sulfur Tuft”—the echoey, reverby washes of sound quickly pile up into a writhing, shrieking wall that captured my attention and held on for dear life.
you heard it 17 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 1393 days ago, abacus finch played Satan's Boletus
- 1454 days ago, Avakhov played Sulfur Tuft
- 1454 days ago, Justin Outlier played Destroying Angel
- 1473 days ago, Dusty Rhodes played Destroying Angel
- 1485 days ago, Gram Sayles played Bisporigera
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