La Stpo / Le Combat Occult

Beta-lactam Ring

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LP
$20.85
MT 047 A
Street Date:
May 9th, 2005
Ship Date:
May 9th, 2005

NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! An eleven track retrospective from double-decade running European avant post punk group LA STPO. Leaning heavily on the group's more exploratory moments, the album showcases the band’s jagged and bleated arrangements with familiar rock instrumentation clashing to form screaming, dada-pregnant, contorted punk concertos. Oddly timed and full of changes, this is music to fall down escalators to. Broken buzzsaw guitar hums ejaculate into soft and staggering staccato strings, while the band’s quiet tension gives the tumult of their caterwauls that much more weight. The vocalist is as likely to coo and chirp as he is to chant and caw. Reeds, vibes and trumpets walk freely with the rest, making this as dynamic and interesting a record as one could hope for in this hopelessly meandering post rock era.