I've never really gotten into Sunburned Hand of the Man. Too many releases. Too limited of runs for their releases. Too often not enjoyable to my ears. However, their extremely limited (and tour-only, or so I've read) "Anatomy Vol. 1" completely knocked me out.
It's an expert mix of kraut-inspired psychedelic grooves. At times it's funky. At times it's overtly experimental. Most importantly though, is how fun it is to listen to.
The overall album is interspersed with pitch-manipulated recordings of a mind experiment involving sensory loss and altered depth-perception. Whatever, it's just cool to hear mixed into some great songs.
As far as "Sounds Like This..." I'd describe it as most akin to No Neck Blues Band/Excepter, Suicide, (stranger) Can and Faust.
It's been quite a while since I got into a psych album, but this one does it for me. It's the perfect middle ground between experimentation with direction and pointless dicking around.
Check tracks: 2, 7, 8 and 12.
Get the album here.
-bp
Sunday, January 18, 2009
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