Starving Weirdos: “Periods”.
February 6, 2012, 0 comments
Under his Ensemble Economique guise, Brian Pyle has constantly managed to get us madly excited, as readers of this publication will be aware of. But while the man kept himself busy as of late, steadily unleashing new EE jams and musings, he somehow also found some spare time to record a new full-length with his main project Starving Weirdos, the long-standing avant-psych venture Pyle has been pursuing together with Merrick Mckinlay.
The result, named Land Lines, is a truly brilliant effort, consisting of seven tracks that abundantly spread across almost 60 minutes, creating an open space of conception that enables the two musicians to indulge in some of the most intriguing sonic experimentations and improvisations we’ve heard in a while. Featuring a host of different collaborators, the musicians allow themselves to get lost in expansive and indeed massive soundscapes that convey a delightfully cinematic feel, not unlike Pyle’s latest solo efforts, something that is best illustrated by the stunning seven-minute monster of a track, “Periods”, only today blessed with an aptly entrancing and mysterious video by PiK.
Land Lines is out now via Amish Records. Highly recommended.
