A CASA – Escaleras Abajo De Los Arbelos LP

Description

This is described on the sticker on the front as similar to Popol Vuh, Neu and Nurse With Wound. Advice: never over-egg the pudding in yer hype stickers! I know that they’re called that for a reason, but honestly, this doesn’t sound anything like any of those bands. Which isn’t to say it’s not probably influenced by them – fair enough – but if you’re expecting some wild, free-form, anything-goes exploration of the boundaries of sound implied by existing in the same Ur-world as the aforementioned acts, then yr gonna be gutted when you plonk this on your turntable! So what is it like then? Well it is actually ok. The first track’s pretty boring Low-esque guff (which I think is what put me against it from the start) but it soon gets going to some nice driving, rhythmic analogue-synthy sub-Kraut jams that aren’t a million miles away from a futuristic Neu! I guess. The second side’s kinda cut-up noisescapes with some synth overlay. I dunno about this, it’s all over the place really and doesn’t fit together as a coherent piece of work at all. Check it out on Bandcamp, don’t let me be yr almighty music Magi all the time.