Post-Materialists – “Love” – [Eggy]

Thurston Hunger 7/25/2012 A Library, Cassette

For me it all started by hunting for Russian

masters of experimental sounds and came across the

Post-Materialists’ inverted Velvet Underground cover

a few more clicks brought me back to good ol’ Eggy??

cassettes. This release moves to the beat of a

laughing clock, time is slippery and the vocals

even slipperier. Backwards guitar (#2,#6) waltzes

into frame, percussion feels hand-made and hand-dropped

at times. Check out “Think” with its empty tank

clank and gibberish falsetto, before more howling

vocals come in. I probably shouldn’t think of

Asian Women on the Telephone, but I probably am.

There’s a kind of No-Wave confluence of edgy rock

and squeaky sax like on the stop and start of “The

Wheel” but plenty of WTF-ery on tracks like “I Love

You.” Sergey Efremov are definitely folks to keep our

ears and fish-eyes on!

-Thurston Hunger

Thank you for the review!
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