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March 2nd, 2006 by Eric K (Permalink)
Label: Brassland Year: 2006 Add Comments |
Remember when you were in music class at school and the teacher handed you a wooden block that was to serve as your sole contribution to the orchestra? Remember when the Polish kid was told he got to be the “clapper”? Remember when reviewers wrote about the music instead of relating nostalgic goo? No, neither do I. But I do get the impression that Clogs were at the back of that music class, spoons in hand, noise-making to their hearts content. The instrumentation has been augmented for the bands fourth outing: bassoon, melodica, viola, mandola and ukulele make up a masterfully complimentary audio mise en scene and it’s an altogether more studied affair than previous records. Slow-building motifs continually evolve into deeply evocative, beautiful melodies. But there’s a playfulness here too: the band switching seemlessly from the riotous crescendo of “The Song of the Cricket” to a swaggering jazzy skit without it sounding misplaced. Invariably, the trained musicianship of the collective’s players keeps their many influences (Avant Classical, Baroque, European Folk , Post-Rock) from conflating, creating an assured whole. So back to that sunny day in primary 6 and our little Clogs are bashing away, oblivious to the classical-crossover inroads they would later be making into the Indie scene. Beeming like they’ve been let loose in a candy store, they pick up their “Well Done” dino-stickers and run into the playground. So A’s all round at the end of term report. Just don’t tell your parents you’ve given up on schooling and are going to play in a rock band.
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