Apparently this group is from the Bronx, which is where I just moved from. Here I was under the impression that there weren't any hipsters, indie rock bands, or any type of people involved with underground or experimental music living in the entire borough. But what would I know, I lived on the same block as the subway so I never hung out in the Bronx anyway.

Anyway, this group features members involved with No Neck Blues Band and The Sea Donkeys. There's definitely a loose, improv sort of feel that will feel welcome to fans of NNCK, but with a much more pronounced pop element (in the lo-fi, indie sense of "pop" that is). Opener "Tendresse" kicks off with fuzzy tremolo guitar, a sluggish beat with a big booming bass drum, and cooing female vocals. It sounds a bit loose, especially around the instrumental bridge, but it's the kind of lo-fi nugget that pleasantly creeps its way into your head. "Lowest" follows with a slow bed of distorted guitars along with some vocals and clanging. Only a few elements, but all are distorted enough to sear with acid intensity.

Flip over the record and you get "Oubli", a short jam with some sax, more big booming reverb bass drum, and some ghostly vocals wailing around in the background. The record ends with "Cruel Circumstance", another short lazy-rhythm strummer with vocals that sound like they're shorting out the speakers. Not because they're screaming or noisy (they're quite sing-songy actually), but just because of the amount of hiss and reverb on them.

Haven't heard any of their other releases, but this still sort of feels like a brief example that's meant to be fleshed out on full length releases. I like what they're getting at, though, and if the press release is still accurate, they have 2 more albums on the way to look forward to. 7/10 -- Paul Simpson (19 January, 2010)