Saturday, February 6, 2010

The Samuel Jackson Five - Goodbye Melody Mountain


This a band that I find myself constantly returning to. A band that plays instrumental rock that avoids the general formula of the genre. Here there are no attempts at crescendo driven mechanics, or pedal masturbation; here is a band that knows how to make cool music. The multitude of instruments on each album is amazing; ranging from the traditional bass, guitar and drums combo with the addition of a theramin, cello, flute, sax, violin, fiddle and lots of other cool shit. Each album bleeds with the influence of bands like Slint and Don Caballero but each also shines in its own light. Each song walks the catwalk between delightfully mathy and beautifully simplistic along with a lot of real rocking moments. The opener for their newest effort 'Goodbye Melody Album' starts off with rock of the epic variety mixed with great strings and some awesome drums. Then, the next song opens up with video game styled keyboards mixed with lovely piano; such a beaut of a song. Each album survives in it's own species apart from each other and the constant need to reinvent and rework is what I love about this band. The combination of Post-Rock and the Jazz ethic is always a winning combination. For fans of Do Make Say Think and Neil on Impression.

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