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05/11/2015 : SAINTSENECA - Such Things

SAINTSENECA

Such Things

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IndieNoisePsychedelic
Anti Records
05/11/2015, Didier BECU

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Barely a year after Dark Arc is released, Saintseneca returns with a brand new album that contains fifteen tracks. This group from Columbus, Ohio, is the brainchild of Zac Little, a musician who really does everything. Making a list of all the instruments that Zac plays on this record (from ukulele to the sitar) probably would bore our readers, but we counted something like 20!

Zac grew up in Appalachia (the American mountains from Alabama to Newfoundland) and you can hear it, as his music sounds a bit alienated, in the sense that Zac does not take notice of any music law. Sometimes it is messy, at certain moments experimental, suddenly it’s poppy, and then it seems like a sound mush in which you hardly can detect a structure or a melody. It is no coincidence that his lo-fi indie noise often is compared to Neutral Milk Hotel.

A track of Saintseneca can go in any direction. The band (completed with Maryn Jones, Steve Ciolek, Matthew O'Conke, John Meador and Mike Mogis) dares to mess up everything by starting an unexpected style break in the middle of a track. No, Saintseneca will never be an easy band to understand, but they definitely put a spell on you!

Didier BECU
05/11/2015


NL

Amper een jaar nadat Dark Arc verscheen, is Saintseneca er al opnieuw met een opvolger die vijftien tracks bevat. Deze groep uit Columbus, Ohio, is het geesteskind van Zac Little, een muzikant die zowat alles kan. Een lijst maken van alle instrumenten die Zac bespeelt op deze plaat (van ukelele tot de sitar) zou iedere lezer wellicht vervelen, maar het zijn er in ieder geval meer dan 20!

Zac groeide op in Appalachen (het Amerikaanse middengebergte dat zich van Alabama tot Newfoundland uitstrekt) en dat hoor je wel een beetje, zijn muziek is gewoon een tikkeltje wereldvreemd, in die zin dat Zac geen enkele keer rekening houdt met de geldende muziekwetten. Soms is het rommelig, op bepaalde momenten experimenteel, dan weer poppy en het kan ook een geluidsbrij zijn waarin je slechts na een aantal beluisteringen een structuur of een melodie ontdekt. Het is dan ook geen toeval dat zijn lo-fi indienoise tot vervelens toe met Neutral Milk Hotel is vergeleken.

Een nummer van Saintseneca kan alle richtingen uit, niet alleen wat de stijl betreft, maar de groep (uitgebreid met Maryn Jones, Steve Ciolek, Matthew O’Conke, John Meador en Mike Mogis) durft het aan om alles overhoop te halen door middenin een nummer plotseling een onverwachte stijlbreuk te zetten. Neen, Saintseneca zal nooit een gemakkelijke band zijn om te doorgronden, intrigreren doen ze wel!

Didier BECU
05/11/2015


 

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