| Aheadahead attacks and explores permutations of the voice/music relationship: music in the accompanying role, music pushing the rhythm and dynamic of voice, voice manipulation, illustrative ‘program music’, voice dictating the music’s rhythm and tempo, solo voice, no voice and - as in the massive grand finale of the debut album - innumerable voices triumphantly, yet mournfully bid the listener adieu.
The vibe of the content is equally capricious: humorous, ambient narrative, surrealistic, violently aggressive, sincere, groovy, good, bad and ugly – always with an unpretentious seriousness and charming lack of respect. “One of the most successful collisions between poetry and music in recent times: A space in which the two art forms bring out the best in each other to a rare degree”
Geiger Magazine |