Sunburned Hand of The Man

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4...according to our Brett on Fri 08 Jan, 2010.

A few years back Kieren Hebden disentangled a selection of Sunburned Hand of the Man's trademark jams into more palatable, rhythmical form and the result was Fire Escape (recently reissued on vinyl with eye ruining artwork from Yamantaka Eye). The result obviously pleased both parties because they're back with round 2, featuring artwork (and a mental poster) from the legendary Raymond Pettibon and entitled A. The premise is much the same but it's clear that both fashions and Hebden's focus have changed in the intervening years, with Sunburned's sounds being expertly diverted towards dub techno, dubstep, ambient and even house territories. My only complaint might be a lack of cohesion (something which could probably be leveled at Fire Escape too) but there are some pretty cracking tunes and it's a hell of an achievement in pure remixing terms, never letting up in terms of interest. One for adventurous souls!

A is Sunburned's second album with producer Kieran Hebden, a.k.a. Fourtet. Directed by Kieran like actors in a film, Sunburned is taken off the bandana smokestage of their previous collaboration – Fire Escape – and put onto a sweat-soaked 4am lysergic dance floor. Kieran uses the band like his live instrument laptop and sampler. The results are truly stunning which makes this record into one of the best moments of each artists respective musical careers. With artwork by California visionary and band favorite Raymond Pettibon – A – has looks that kill along with the sounds that thrill.

Tracklisting: 1. the return of a & c 2. now lift the outer finger (for newcastle) 3. loft at sea 4. a red rag to a bull 5. apollo wind 6. the books of ability 7. anger icon 8. a sticky wicket 9. action figure 10. radish vs. beet 11. alpha, beta, adam

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