MOONLIGHT BLOOM – LIVING THINGS On “Ships,” this band proves it is well-versed in using layers of sound and moods to create periods of tranquility and fiery psychedelia like they’re directly inspired both by Black Sabbath and Mogwai. The band lets scorches of hanging chords drift while bass and drums accent the pacing, taking us further through the song’s forward momentum into echoing guitar pyrotechnics. “Carry” is more of a soundscape of cinematic depth and hovering shimmers that serves as a musical path into the incandescent ripples of “Us.” “Forward” brings together the musical instincts of the rest of the record with great forward momentum in jazz-inflected Krautrockesque flourishes. PINK LADY MONSTER – PONK Breaking the space-time-culture barrier once again with this album, Pink Lady Monster proves it’s possible to make accessible music that challenges pop and genre conventions entirely. From the beginning the band signals that it is either familiar with and/or has absorbed the spirit of subversive art and music movements like Fluxus and No Wave with the spoken word of “I’m Paying Attention,” only to introduce elements of sampling in other songs like surreal leitmotifs. Themes of disengagement from the alienation of heavily marketed and commodified mainstream culture is creatively rendered throughout. And the entire album feels like the comforting words of people who get how often it’s helpful to create a parallel, alternative reality aesthetic and even consciousness to stay sane. Relentlessly yet charmingly creative, this is the most thoroughly enjoyable postpunk funk and No Wave pop for the disaffected going. FOR MORE, VISIT QUEENCITYSOUNDSANDART.WORDPRESS.COM 25
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