Skeleton, by Abe Vigoda (CD on Bella Union)
A Norman Records recommendation (18th September 2008)
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CD in super jewel case on Bella Union |
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CD |
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Bella Union |
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£10.99 |
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BELLACD179 |
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What you say
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What we say
 This record left our Brian feeling ecstatic.
Intrigued by Abe Vigoda. Like the name and certainly like the music. A disembodied surf guitar, muffled lyrics & wildly catastrophic drums being flayed set the scene for some echo laden ghost-rock, somewhere between Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 & Ariel Pink. In fact 'Skeleton' is the closest I've experienced to Thinking Fellers since the early 90s!!. It's a disorientating but vital collection hypno-pop & tribal folk-rock. Skewed and skittering, off kilter but melodic, elastic rhythms sparking off into mad bursts of percussive energy, vocals hover, off key and spectral. They use distortion wisely as well, like through some hairy basoon flange setting or summat. There's one tune that could be like a ravaged Vampire Weekend if they got lost in some woods for a year and ate bears. Other key influences are Liars' brand of voodoo mysticism and Animal Collective's boisterous organic jungle of sound. Totally over the moon to hear a new generation making quality wibble rock like this. it's incendiary & propulsive, spilling with agitated polyrhythmic energy and a frantic melodic discordance. Fucking excellent stuff!
What the label says:
TRACKLISTING
1 Dead City / Waste Wilderness
2 Bear Face
3 Lantern Light
4 Whatever Forever
5 Animal Ghosts
6 Cranes
7 Live-Long
8 Garden, The
9 Hyacunth Girls
10 World Heat
11 Gates
12 Visi Rings
13 Endless Sleeper
14 Skeleton
ABE VIGODA is THE NEW LA PUNK SECRET WEAPON. This is what happens when musical influences are used in the right way to create something totally fresh and new. Part punk, part pop, part new wave, ABE VIGODA bring forth an entirely new sound that is both temptingly beautiful and melodically tropical. Their first proper full length arrives under the name “SKELETON” and is a twisted joy ride through the four boys’ private party. Soothing parts are (vaguely) reminiscent of Captain Beefheart and My Bloody Valentine, while an infectious REGGAETON pulse makes you want to move your body.
“SKELETON” captures the boys honing in on their amazing musical direction. There is a dream-like ambience that seams through entire songs, a beat that sucks the listener into their world, and vocals that are underneath the music as much as they are on top of it. Emerging from the same scene as THE SMELL champions NO AGE and MIKA MIKO, ABE VIGODA keep a DIY attitude. They play all over the place whenever they can, bringing a vibe of spontaneity that is all their own. “SKELETON” is what LA sounds like NOW.
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