Alan Courtis & David Grubbs – Braintrust Of Fiends And Werewolves
(2023, Husky Pants Records)
by Simone Rossetti
Alan Courtis chitarrista e compositore argentino (noi lo abbiamo conosciuto nei Reynols ma la quantità di progetti a suo nome e collaborazioni è praticamente infinita) e David Grubbs (vi dicono nulla gli Squirrel Bait??…tanta storia ma tanta tanta). Non lo neghiamo “arrivarci/entrarci” non è stato semplice (niente di particolarmente “ostico” ma più per una sua intima bellezza), non per tutte le occasioni, non per questi tempi assuefatti ad un altro “sentire”, non per questo cazzo di mondo….o forse si. 2 chitarre (alternativamente elettriche ed acustiche) a ridefinire spazi “ambient-noise-rock” in un percorso quasi “circolare” ma in continua evoluzione….Totale assenza di sezione ritmica, un flusso armonico molto “free”, post-jazz, post-hardcore, post-musica contemporanea, un post-nulla squarciato da interferenze noise protese verso altro (Hinterhalt, Song Of A Fence Grown Through A Tree e Airborne Particles Of The California Central Valley) mentre Room Tone Of One’s Own, Varsovia Y Esparta e Braintrust Of Fiends And Werewolves vi “suoneranno” più dolci, malinconiche ed eteree ma “lontane”, dimenticanza, oblio. Da Roots! è tutto (un resto spetta a voi) e buon ascolto (qui).
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Alan Courtis & David Grubbs – Braintrust Of Fiends And Werewolves
(2023, Husky Pants Records)
by Simone Rossetti
Alan Courtis, Argentine guitarist and composer (we met him in Reynols but the amount of projects under his name and collaborations is practically infinite) and David Grubbs (do Squirrel Bait tell you anything?? …so much history but so much). We don’t deny that “getting there/entering” wasn’t easy (nothing particularly “difficult” but more due to its intimate beauty), not for all occasions, not for these times accustomed to another “feeling”, not for this shit of the world…or maybe yes. 2 guitars (alternatively electric and acoustic) to redefine “ambient-noise-rock” spaces in an almost “circular” but continually evolving path….Total absence of rhythm section, a very “free” harmonic flow, post-jazz , post-hardcore, post-contemporary music, a post-nothingness torn by noise interferences reaching towards something else (Hinterhalt, Song Of A Fence Grown Through A Tree and Airborne Particles Of The California Central Valley) while Room Tone Of One’s Own, Varsovia Y Esparta and Braintrust Of Fiends And Werewolves will “sound” to you sweeter, melancholic and ethereal but “distant”, forgetfulness, oblivion. From Roots! that’s all (the rest is up to you) and enjoy listening (here).