Recent weeks have seen a frenzy of goat-milking and chaos so there’s a major pile including a few gems in danger of slipping through the net. Not this baby, which provides a taster of what’s to come with The Dog’s amazing new Further Vexations album. ‘0093’ sees them cock an ominously-pulsating leg at the dancefloor with huge bass bollocks a-swinging, hefty kick and disembodied voices intertwining with distant modern classical melodies and eerie textures, building into a sonic dust-storm of rafter-swinging proportions. ‘You’re Only SQL’ carves a monolithic acid-funk path slashed with eerie strings and a similar kind of bunker volley feel to UR when they take the gloves off. It’s contrasted by the pastoral calm of the non-album ‘Plinth’. Full report on the album next week but, safe to say, The Black Dog have made another milestone.
5 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Kris Needs