| tracklisting |
| 1. Rave Radio |
| 2. Billy Jean Kick Out |
| 3. Don't Look Down |
| 4. This Is An Acid Trip |
| 5. Lions Tigers And Bears |
| 6. Mac And Murdock Memorial |
| 7. Drug Songs For The Irish |
| 8. Get Some Exercise |
| 9. Into Swimming |
| 10. Ghosts In Petrol |
| 11. This Is Fire And Ice |
| 12. Pentecostal Quids In |
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| Later on, in the safety and warmth
of my flat, I sat down and allowed the Dynamic's
racket to swirl out of the speakers and make itself
at home. And it all fell into place. Or at least
it fell out all over the place. My initial mistake
was clear; I had attempted to experience the 'real'
world at the same time as Toah Dynamic's punctured
bouncy castle soundscape, and thus experienced an
irreconcilable dimensional divergence. It still
sounded mental, but I was able to completely focus
without having to simultaneously deal with walking
in a straight line, crossing the street, keeping
my clothes on, etc. And - hey - I liked it! There
are obvious precedents to the Tao of Toah - Captain
Beefheart, The Fall, early Happy Mondays, The Beta
Band - but none of those ever looped the first couple
of bars of "Don't Stand So Close To Me"
and twisted it into a folk-dub-acid masterpiece
("Pentecostal Quids
In") which I hope Sting HATES because
he's a monumental arsehole and that would make me
like the tune even more. Special mention also for
the band's Wu-like adoption of secret identities
(Kid Acne and Supreme Vagabond Craftsman are joined
by Chips For The Poor, More Mummy, Sixty-Four Cousins,
Be My Twin and Earl Shilton), which is something
more bands should do if you ask me. We need more
superheroes! Now more than ever. Me, I'm lobbying
for a weekly cartoon. |
| So, thank you Toah Dynamic! Thank
you Invisible Spies! What we have here is an inventive,
very British record which doesn't give a fuck about
following trends or fitting into some bullshit style-mag
definition of 'cool'. Which of course means that
it's cool as fuck and great for any occasion, whether
it's bedding the missus (early night, love?), initiating
someone into your questionable secret society or
getting the kiddies off to sleep. Magic(k). |
| review:
joe
stannard (kilamuk@yahoo.com) |
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