Jackie-O Motherfucker
Jackie-O Motherfucker
Fig. 5 - Rating: 8.6
Liberation - Rating: 8.0
[ATP; reissue 2005; Post-Rock]
Thanks to the recent re-issue by ATP Records, two classics of the experimental rock / post-rock scene are now more widely available. Classics in terms of importance and beauty, not so much in terms of a certain amount of time since first issued. Both albums originally released on Road Cone (Fig.5 in 2000 and Liberation in 2001) have since become unavailable, sold out, never to be re-issued by Road Cone. However, with masterful works such as these, time is on their side… and a proper outlet for it’s further distribution was inevitable.
JOMF’s fourth full length, Fig. 5, begins with the droney, electronic hum of a flourescent light nearing it’s death amidst an array of apocalyptic noises (Analogue Skillet) that suddenly diverges into the minimalistic Native Einstein that evokes visions of an eery, rural setting for supernatural happenings, like the soundtrack to a yet unwritten M. Night Shyamalan film. Soon taking center stage is the slowly marching Your Cells Are In Motion with it’s steady percussion and warm, twangy guitar and very sparse, distant vocals only to be ousted from the spotlight by the gloomy version of the traditional folk song Go Down, Old Hannah and an unrecognizable, crawling, bizzare mountain folk transformation of Amazing Grace. Following immediately afterwards is the slowly rambling, dusty desert highway imagery and soothing, mellow vocals of Beautiful September leading soon to the epic, psychedelic free-form jazz of Michigan Avenue Social Club - as sprawling as the night lights of Los Angeles. And a brief twinkle and disconnected horns slips the album into slumber until next time…
Liberation marks both a continuation as well as evolution in the JOMF sound. The production quality has improved and the band has shifted slightly towards a more hazy, organic post-rock conciseness. Although opener Peace On Earth never quite hits it’s mark with disjointed, indecisive percussion and competing vibraphone and strings and excessively dragging 10 minute running time, the reward for patience is soon delivered in the experimental Americana meets free-jazz of Ray-O-Graph and twangy Northern Line. The tranquilizing effects are re-administered with the 19 minute In Between that surprisingly erupts into a chaotic display as it passes the 13 minute marker to keep you from slipping to far into sedation. The pleasant, weeping strings and distant vocals of Something On Your Mind provide somewhat of a relief for those searching for something resembling a traditional structure, as well as a nice escape from the atmospheric post-rock fog clouding your mind. The remaining span of approximately 22 1/2 minutes and 3 tracks delivers the finishing dosage of their spacey, sonic concoction gauranteed to leave your eyelids sagging and a knowing smile on your face.
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