Nick Hakim
QADIRWill This Make Me Good 2020 via ATO Records
The 11 songs on ‘Welcome to Bobby’s Motel’ don’t just invite you to move your body; they command you to. Fusing reckless, manic energy with painstaking precision, the record is part post-punk, part art-pop, and part dance floor acid trip, hinting at everything from Devo to Gang of Four as it boldly careens through genres and decades. The music is driven by explosive drums and off-kilter guitar riffs that drill themselves into your brain, accented with deep, funky grooves and rousing gang vocals. The production is similarly raw and wild, suggesting an air of anarchy that belies the music’s careful architecture and meticulous construction. The result is an album full of ambitious, complex performances that exude joy and mayhem in equal measure, a collection that’s alternately virtuosic, chaotic, and pure fun. released on 6/26 - its available now, including on hot dog yellow vinyl.
From "War Ina Babylon" - 1976 w/ The Upsetters
2006
Emerging fully formed as though from nowhere (in reality: Melbourne, Australia), this space-kraut-jazz outfit announced their existence in November of 2017, releasing their debut album Phase that same month.