Matta Llama - Matta Llama

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4...according to our Ant on Wed 14 Feb, 2007.

Ant here with some sonic treats for you're filthy lug holes. Kicking things off with a self titled LP from NY's MATTA LLAMA. What you get here are five cuts of meandering experimental psyche / prog-rock that sounds both rehearsed at times and then improvised at others. Then some dude comes in with a vocal that sounds like a cross between David Yow and a preacher man on acid. I particularly like the pounding drum sound on here underpinned with some more sinister drone moments. The psyche element is suggested at numerous points but never really peaks. I can imagine scantily clad people in the woods wearing animal masks and drinking moonshine. This could be a record for you No-Neck Blues Band and Sunburned Hand Of The Man freaks. On Wooden Wand bloke's Mad Monk Label Ltd to 500 and comes with lush poster insert. Well worth a deek.

"This group has been called Mountains of Matallama, Mountains of Matalama, Mountains of Mata Llama, Mountains of Mattallama, Mountains of Mata Lama, Mountains of Mattalama, Mountains of Mattalamma, and on down the line. For the record, this record, and the rest to come this is Matta Llama. Residing in NY Matta Llama have been playing together longer than they would like to admit. What do they play? Blood music. The music works like that of the circulatory system chugging and pounding. At other times it can turn out a wispy, crispy tune of flickering light. All of this delivered via drums, keys, guitar, and bass with the occasional seasoning of vocalizations and in/organic dripping. With this, their first record, they offer 5 cuts culled from years of rehearsals at the Hint House. These impromptu rock excursions gleam with but a taste of their musical existence, and with that expect more to come. Matta Llama. With deluxe foldout poster and fancy matte cover art! 500 copies."

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