Human Hand, Animal Band
Gold Standard
2004
Rating: 4 human teeth out of 10
This band, Rhythm of Black Lines, is bit too wankery for my tastes; and not wankery in the “Neil Peart is god” kind of way, but in the “Syd Barrett is my hero and I really like psychedelic drugs” way. Not a bad album by any means, just way too much of that. I sorta get the feeling that while I’m listening to this and not seeing the point, there’s a lot of folks out there who would really, really like it. I have a feeling that both the band and their fans like a lot of music that could be described as “prog-fusion” and they’ve taken some jazz theory classes at the local college.
