PAS - Flanked By Women And Pumpkins

Brooklyn’s PAS need little introduction, particularly if you make an initial judgement based on the album’s title. Expect the strange and be rewarded. PAS thrive, if not solely exist on the experimental and convention is abandoned when it comes to track structures and themes. But, it would be irresponsible to suggest that such avant-garde output isn't listenable. From the off, the odd loops, sound effects and noises are stimulating, deliberately designed to trigger a range of sensations both emotionally and physically. Some of the noises can be industrial or organic and as an art house installation, it’s incredibly effective. Beneath it all though, is an anarchic sense of mischievousness – 70’s and 80’s new experimentalism is written large throughout and the disturbing threads of new age alternative electronic sounds of Cabaret Voltaire, Suicide and Nitzer Ebb may not be prevalent, but they are here in spirit. ‘Inner Ear Echo Imbalance’ sounds like a cunning combination of ACR and The Record Label: Alrealon Musique Style: Independent