Crown Larks - Population (2017)
Having established themselves with a
debut EP in 2013 and their first LP two years later, Crown Larks are back
after another two years to further adapt their flexible musical
style. Where Blood Dancer
was a funky fusion of dream pop, space rock, and jazz (with a few
more odds and ends stirred in), Population
bends things further by ramping up the psychedelia into echoing
outbursts and roiling riffs, letting things flow from there as the
other influences settle in where they can.
This
leads to bouts of prog meshing with world music, heavy psych
dovetailing into orchestral shoegaze, and hot jazz brass bursting out
of drone-underscored drum solos. But with the dream-like atmosphere
that coats the music, they somehow stitch it all together in a way
that not only works, but flows from one section to the next with
unpredictable impulses that always seem just on the verge of losing
balance. It's a strange ride, but one with a lot of appeal, whether
you're digging the ambitious combos, bobbing along with the wild
beats, or just zoning out to the stream of sound. Check it out if
you're down with music that blurs the lines and expectations, but be
prepared to invest more than a few sessions with the album before you
can really pick out everything that's going on within it.
~ Gabriel
For Fans Of; Daisy Chainsaw,
Knifeworld, Terminal Cheesecake, Vanilla Trainwreck, Witchcraft
(Sweden)
~
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