Ava Mendoza with Nick Tamburro - Quit Your Unnatural Ways (CD)

Jesus, this is some proper acid-fried shit we got here featuring the frisky drummer from The Dead Science and this proper wild guitar-shredding lassie. The opening stunted weirdo title track does not prepare you for the deranged breakdown/vortex of insanity that is the subsequent 'First Time Shapeshifter'. Basically like lurching freak-out cyclo-metal, Beefheartian free jazz and bent psych(opath)edelic guitar frenzy melded together into one sick rampage, nothing like it around at the moment but it's scary, like Henry Cow and Butthole Surfers at a pig fucking contest in some dark woods...C'mere little piggy, no come back...no that's the guitar squealing ma!

It's a varied listen is this six-tracker, there's shades of weird dusty blues, Chris Corsano-esque mayhem, Stooges dirt and a right brooding atmosphere throughout, all this laced with real freewheeling lysergic mischief and played with the gleeful adventure of improvising spirits. 'Quit Your Unnatural Ways' is a blast, it reeks of total loose-limbed, bloody minded conviction! If you want a primal, invigorating head-trip this week look no further!