Death Blues
Taiga
2012
Rating: 7 artificial cherries out of 10
I really love this Jon Mueller record "Death Blues" and want to promote it to anyone who will listen, but at the same time I feel completely unable to properly describe it in a way that would make people want to listen. This record makes me feel dumb, and despite my outward appearance it's not a feeling I'm accustomed to. Mueller is a drummer by trade, and percussion is definitely the foundation of all these songs; but he layers on top of that a smattering of other instrumentation including monk-style chanting and playing the guitar like a hammered dulcimer. It's very rhythmic and repetitive, but never boring. If I was the person in charge of genre naming, this one would go under "monastic kraut drone." Again, really loving this despite the stupid review.
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