606. Spy Vs Spy - John Zorn

So, free-form acid Jazz is the genre to which this album belongs. This would conjure the idea of arhythmic, amelodic noise, which I'm afraid doesn't even get close to the cacophony of sound talbums this album. There are genuine points where the sound is of a series of instruments facing down stairs, with a horn section attached togender of bellows with no concept of anything.

I normally go through some key songs, and talk a bit about the artist, but I'm not going to here, as I don't feel that this work is fully deserving of it. I have no doubt that the individual musicians are supremely gifted and talented, and no doubt worked hard on their sound for years. What annoyed me about this album, rather than me just not liking it, was that it is the type of music that makes me feel stupid, because I feel that I should at some level get it. And after eight full listens through, I simply feel daft, and that I've wasted my time. I struggle to remember most songs at all, and some of them I think I remember a key change, and I just don't, and that is not really pleasant. If I wanted just to be surprised, a randomly generated set of notes and sounds would have the same impact, and not feel so supercilious.

The only thing that this album is good for is helping me to work, as I can't follow any of it, it works like white noise. My least-hated song is Feet Music, which just sounds like a cheesy 80's TV show theme, but at least I can follow that. Chloe liked Broadway Blues, which I think was a sort of Stockholm syndrome response, although it does at least have some rhythm to it.

So, a new low, with Sepultura being put in their place.

Chloe's rating: 2
Chloe's favourite track: 14. Broadway Blues
Olly's rating: 2
Olly's favourite track: 13. Feet Music

Next week is 135. The Village Green Preservation Society by the Kinks. Our third Kinks album in fairly short succession, I am confident that it'll be a more pleasant experience than this last week has been.