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Slow As An Eyeball (Cuckundoo)

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The once Leeds-based three-piece, now pleasantly spread out across Yorkshire, have crafted that rare thing: a truly interesting and engaging record.

Slow As An Eyeball is Quack Quack’s debut album, and comes out some five years since they first formed and three years since they started work on the record. The long gestation period doesn’t mean that this record is some over-blown, over-produced, studio-created beast – far from it. The album’s taken its time because the three band members, drummer Neil Turpin, bassist Stuart Bannister and keyboardist/drummer Richard Morris, are busy people, involved in numerous other projects, both musical and non-musical.

What unites the three is a passion for the droning repetition of krautrock, the free-form improvisation of jazz and the smart soundscapes and invention of Eno. The resulting 10 tracks reflect these influences.

While Slow As An Eyeball is certainly unhinged, occasionally messy and often disjointed – check out the screeching sax from Polar Bear’s Pete Wareham on the penultimate track – the whole thing is underpinned by repetitive, irresistible rhythms, held down by Turpin’s skills as a drummer.

Fans of catchy melodies and simple song writing, steer clear, fans of innovative sounds and killer rhythms though should make this a must hear.

Posted on Wednesday 28th April 2010
TG

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