Somewhere between the recent post-punk revival and modern avant-prog lies Zs. These modern day pronks mix
a very sparse guitar sound that mixes with use of horns that are unmistakably RIO-derived. The guitar lines go on
and on and on, with the horns variously attacking like Peter Brotzmann's kind of free jazz, or playing along or in
the background like a sickly corruption of smooth, urban feeling jazz, easily in part by way of Henry Cow. The
minimalism only helps this album sound ever stranger, which is exactly where it needs to be. The artfulness of the
result is best shown by the long, jaw-dropping "Corps" and title track, and how. Easily a front-runner not just for
avant-prog album of the year, but for album of the year in general.
LearsFool |5/5 |
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