Album: Lutebulb

There are fleeting reminders across the album of the playful experimentalism of Zorn and Mr Bungle, the wonky strut of Primus and the eclectic lyricisms of Henry Cow. Hendrix is also an acknowledged touchstone for the group, not merely in the heroic guitar sense but also with regards to the theremin – judicious soundscaping, electric ambiences, purple, green red and blue hazes – hints here and there, as on the celestial pitch of intensity reached by the players on “Clarinot”. There are shades also of Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma on “Arrobark”, in its glowing resonances before once more Janka’s guitars, filtered, mottled, shredded, come into their own, his soloing slyly undermined by a sample of a barking dog, a reminder of life back down on the ground.