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Gutbucket: Flock (Cuneiform Records)

Reviewed by Eric Saeger

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Your upgrade from math-jazz-punk like this would involve buying bands like That Fucking Tank, but I suppose the utterly deconstructed sounds of real-live Brooklyn Knitting Factory avant-jazz kids will float enough people’s boats, sure. This crew is sax and stun-guitar over bass-drums, so you get Red Scare into Bosstones-ska bang on cue from the get-go (the tellingly titled ‘Fuck You and Your Hipster Tie’). We get it, dudes, you’re edgy and probably need to spend some time in the country, and while you’re there, kindly work on a few less predictable segues, oui?

Grade: B-

August 26, 2011 Filed Under: Eric Saeger, Music Reviews

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