Equally Stupid - Escape from the Unhappy Society (2017)
Equally Stupid - Escape from the Unhappy Society
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks)+cue, log, front cover | 43:41 min | 245 MB
Label: Eclipse Music | Tracks: 09 | Rls.date: 2017
Jazz
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks)+cue, log, front cover | 43:41 min | 245 MB
Label: Eclipse Music | Tracks: 09 | Rls.date: 2017
Jazz
This second album by Equally Stupid sees the same transnational crew of three gents working in the same vein as their first Exploding Head, blending Rögnvaldsson's astringent guitar with saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen's this time more mellow tenor. David Meier is still holding things together with a strong physicality behind the drums, but from the cover onwards there's obviously a major change of style.
I wonder if they have been listening to John Cale or Arvo Pert as Escape from The Unhappy Society seems less cut-loose than the first album, with greater respect for the notes left unplayed, and maybe more melodic undertows, as well as a lot more reverb! 'Fools Paradise' starts with a lilting phrase on the sax, picked up and given a chunkier rhythm by the guitar before returning to again a mellow exploration of the same line, with swelling arpeggio accompaniment and some very gentle brushed percussion.
Where their first outing was brash, impatient and edgy within the domain of improvisational jazz-rock, this album is measured and slightly polished, as if 3 years of work has knocked some of the corners off their quest. There's still enough angular interaction between the two lead instruments, which to my ear works best when there's a hint of humour, as in 'Paranoia.' The sax and guitar chase each other around a geeky riff before the guitar takes off on a lyrical solo, before reverting to joint geekiness.
How reverently to take instrumental music is an issue at the heart of all 'serious music,' but it's so refreshing when professionals show their human side, and help us to laugh at the inscrutability of audio art. These three young Europeans certainly take their music seriously, but would probably subscribe to the late Daevid Allen's dictum that 'music is far too important to take seriously'.
TRACKLIST
01. Politician's Nightmare
02. Birdlife
03. Legacy to the Children of the 21st Century
04. Fool's Paradise
05. Cruising Back to Mother Earth
06. The Garden of Edward James
07. Paranoia
08. Transpiration
09. Escape from the Unhappy Society
PERSONNEL
Sigurdur Rögnvaldsson: baritone guitar
Pauli Lyytinen: tenor, alto, bass saxophones, effects
David Meier: drums
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