Album Review
Molam : Thai Country Groove from Isan [coll] – [Sublime Frequencies]
Thurston Hunger 2/21/2005 CD, Format, International
Wham bam thank you Molam…by way of Sublimers
Bishop and Gergis. The inviting splashisness
of the package exceeded only by the sounds on
this. “Husband Drunk, Wife Drunk” is amazingly
intoxicating, the first time I heard it, felt
like a 20 min track, I just dove into it. It
has the short of hypnotic shuffle of reggae,
with banks of secret-spy keyboards and the
spousal vocal interplay works towards a great
yet brief harmony. “khaen” appears throughout
(#1,4,5,10,12-4) like a call to a coronation.
That and the crazy soap opera shout-abouts
were both featured in the most recent Neung
Phak/Sun City Girl “event” The shout-abouts
are #2,8,11. #11 has an accidental hiphop
intro giving way to brittle flying guitar that
has the energy of a classic garage legend.
This is music spawned of the crossroads but
having taken its own true root. You can listen
and hear: ska, ethiopian funk, bachelor pad
keys, driving psych… This may just be the
sublimest of them all (so far…).
you heard it 30 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 1717 days ago, Hemroid the Leader played Crazy Song
- 2406 days ago, Lucifer Rosa played Ganja Better than Booze
- 2875 days ago, Mr. Pants played Life of a Molam Woman
- 2937 days ago, Mickey Slim played Ganja Better than Booze
- 3680 days ago, Thurston Hunger played Don't Want, Marriage no Way
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