Hidegen Fujnaka Szelek is like a mixture of protean jazz ala Albert Ayler and Death Metal, the stuff of potential nightmares and so powerful and intoxicating that some conservative congressperson would certainly introduce a bill banning it if conservative congresspeople were aware enough to be listening to The Thing, a band I love, with Mats Gustafsson, about as nasty a reedman as exists today (and, my goodness, does he wail on the title track), Ingebrigt Haaker Flaten on bass and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums.
They follow the opener with Drop the Gun, which is almost as wicked. Strange version of Duke Ellington's Mystery Song and a marvelous rendering of Ayler's Angels. A 30-minute bonus CD contains one track, Beef Brisket, which is a homage to Ruby's BBQ in Austin, Texas (and yet another indication of what a great music town Austin is).
Fox News would surely declare it the end of civilization as we know it, if Fox News were hip enough to notice it, which Fox News is not.
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