Little Discourage

Hayvanlar Alemi - Crossroad Metamorphosis

(clicking on the title above will take you to the bands myspace page, crossroad metamorphosis is the sixth song down. It’s hard to find music links in Turkish…)

Turkish band Hayvanlar Alemi have created an eight minute epic; a beautiful twisted waltz. Crossroad metamorphosis explodes eerily and sporadically making the repeated riff that carries the song far from monotonous, instead it becomes gently harrowing as it etches itself into your skin.

Carried along by a slowly walking bassline that sits far back in the mix, the band mix harsh guitar strokes and rapid strumming to create an extremely subversive and hypnotic rhythm.

Guarana Superpower is out now on Sublime Frequencies, and, incredibly, the band play the Barbican centre on May 13^th. I’m going.

http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=11648

A review of the album will follow shortly, just as soon as I have time to listen to it in its entirety on my headphones.