Wright's use of the word 'behemoth' came to my mind yesterday evening, when I happened to catch the last few minutes of Steve Lamacq's BBC 6Music radio programme, where, as his final selection of the show, Lamacq played 'Hocus Pocus' by deathrowradio, a mighty behemoth of a tune if there ever was one.
Chris Tate and Paul Christian Patterson have been making music together as d_rradio for several years, creating experimental sounds of a slightly more ambient persuasion, plus a very nice folk-tinged EP in collaboration with Lianne Hall. Now, having amended their working name to deathrowradio, they've traded their laptops for guitars on their new album 'Yummy', a bracing sonic assault of subtly shifting psych-inspired riffage.
Get a load of this glorious racket and then check out the whole darned thing here.
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Blimey! Heavy duty and rather fine. Have bookmarked them for future reference. You've also expanded my vocabulary with this post, so double thanks.
It originally read '...all-time favourite droll one-liner..' until I discovered that word while reading a piece on Steven Wright. I couldn't resist using it - when would I ever get another opportunity?
Glad you dug the tune Mr Bear, I somehow thought you might.
Interesting you should quote Steven Wright; Steve Wright would have called Hocus Pocus 'a sonic cathedral of sound'.
For a period in the 1990's, I wrote the record reviews for a local paper and would occasionally fall back on the old chestnut 'sonic cathedral of sound' myself. Cheesier still though, was a piece I did on a David Holmes release, described by yours truly as 'cinematic soundscapes for the new millenium'. I hung up my quill pretty soon after that one.
Sort of interesting, DeathRow Radio I like the name
Easier to pronounce than d_rradio anyway!
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