Frazer
King are everything that no one ever expected them to be.
Once you
think you know what's going on then that's when you realize you don't
really.
If it's
some yiddish polka you want then they might give you it, but then
again they might not.
Someone
said they reminded them of The Coral.
That
would be The Coral being buggered by Captain Beefheart to the strains
of Doo Wop then.
The sound
of the band is a huge melting pot of influences strained through the
eyes wide open acceptance of the world as it is.
There's a
huge chuck of 'if you say yes then we are going to say no' in what
they do, but it's balanced out with a great deal of charm and an
understanding on how to deliver a tune.
This of
them this way. If everyone has a mate that they make excuses for, and
we do, and deep down we know if we didn't have decades of history
with then then there's a good chance we wouldn't give them the time
of day, and that's sort of like Frazer King, but then again maybe
it's not.
I suspect
if you said you didn't ever want to hear a drum and bass track from
them then perversely they would sit down and toss a drum and bass
rock opera off from the wrist just to prove that no one tells them
what to do.
I also
suspect they wouldn't tell you they had recorded it and then burn the
master tapes before denying all knowledge of ever having spent any
time giving the idea any thought.
Some
could say that if you said white then then they would say black, but
that's a bit obvious.
They
would probably say azure instead.
If none
of this makes sense to you at all, but there's a little voice saying
that it sounds pretty good, then you are halfway there to liking the
band.
Listening
to them will take you all the way.
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