Fred Frith Trio: Another Day in Fucking Paradise

Rating: ★★★

Record and Artist Details

Musicians:

Jordan Glenn (d)
Jason Hoopes (b)
Fred Frith (g, p, v, small objects)

Label:

Intakt

September/2016

Catalogue Number:

CD267

RecordDate:

January 2016

Frith remains the most splendidly bloody-minded of innovators. Another Day…, perhaps thankfully, has little to do with Phil Collins, but it does summon some of Frith's rock roots: essentially this is a power trio set loose in a free, irreverent, go-for-it context. There's the edge of Lifetime and the madness of Syd Barrett: indeed, there's more Pink Floyd here than in the Salvodelli/Casarano/Bardoscia release reviewed elsewhere in these august pages. Yeah, there are longeurs: even the best artists disappear up their own musical arch sometimes. But at barely 50 minutes for 13 songs, Frith is a wise enough cove not to overstay his welcome. That said, ‘Yard with Lunatics’ is 11 minutes plus of paint-stripping intensity. As this is also Frith's touring band, many of these themes were already road tested so even at their most in-the-moment creative, this trio remain ski-pant tight. Or just pants if yawing guitar sonics ain't your thang. In which case you're missing out.

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