A Brooklyn outfit formed in 2015, Karabas Barabas possess many varied talents that can\u2019t be easily categorized, but certainly fall somewhere in the area of atypical rock on this concept album about a clerk at a 99 cent store who burns the place down. <\/p>\n
Jonathan Ashley\u2019s thumping drums and Andrew Tuzhilin\u2019s rumbling bass gets the listen started off, where \u201cDown In Mississippi\u201d welcomes loud bursts and driving sounds in the area of post-punk. \u201cI Love My Son\u201d then showcases Phranque Gallo\u2019s sturdy guitar playing alongside the animated rhythm section, before \u201cThe Tale Of Lahojevich\u201d enters grungy territory and finds rhythm and grooves.<\/p>\n
In the middle, the head bobbin\u2019, toe tappin\u2019 \u201cGet Good Grades\u201d also welcomes hazy moments of calm post-rock, while \u201cOde To The Disenchanted Cottage\u201d builds into a busy and cinematic landscape of flowing and intricate musicianship that resides closer to alt-rock.<\/p>\n
Starting off side B is the melodic and crunchy, \u201cRegina Blatz,, which is the best song and a scrappy moment of memorable interaction. \u201cT.P.\u201d then hits harder, and in less than 90 seconds reminds us of plenty of mid \u201990s, guitar fueled post-punk that swirls with intensity and tunefulness.<\/p>\n
The calm, almost dreamy \u201cThis Time\u201d lands close to the end and spends seven-plus minutes mesmerizing us with its meticulous textures and radiant tone, but it\u2019s the chugging \u201cDeranged & Dangerous Man\u201d that\u2019s a bit quirky, playful and just so casual. The forceful and gritty \u201cJacques Lemaire\u201d exits, and allows for Gallo\u2019s barking voice and very direct wordplay that makes for a jarring finish to a commentary about capitalism.<\/p>\n
The late, great Steve Albini recorded and mixed the album, and the sonic rawness of his work is certainly represented well. Similarities are hard to come up with on this one, but it’s safe to say that if you like Primus, Mr. Bungle or Ween and enjoy the humor of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, this record belongs in your rotation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[11119],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-47251","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-karabas-barabas","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=47251"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=47251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}