COYOTE

I wanted to do something insane that is in contradiction so after waking up with Klaatu's Hope I've decided to put on Kayo Dot's new album for fourth time (three times yesterday, but I wasn't able to write a word) and finally sum few scattered ideas and write a review.

How Prog is involved ? Well, proper analyses are in two previous reviews by two guys who know about this far more than I do, so I won't try to be smart guy (because I lack proper knowledge) and will rather present you my feelings.

Really no easy listening (No elevator / mall / lounge music), but also not impossible to enjoy. For example Whisper Ineffable is dark, frantic drumming, strong bass flavour that makes atmosphere pretty thick, but on the other hand there is violin and saxophone so even this song is far from being balanced, it is enjoyable even by me (and you know how Trout Mask Replica experiment failed, something that I mention quite regularly - one has to set the rules and lines).

And this Klaatu album I mentioned isn't a joke, I really wanted to try positive symphony and then dark, Coyote symphony. At least in mood. This comparison was meant to help me separate two different universes, to enjoy opposites. And I didn't conceive better opposites than these ones. And it works. Weird experiment, but helps me to understand this music better.

This is Avant, whatever it means (and I understand more and more what it means by listening to these bands - and I'm glad that I am able to enjoy them, because I can imagine not being able - as this is genre quite difficult for some to swallow. Well, Prog prepared me as I used to say). This is Prog, again, whatever it means. But in this case, I understand it as exploring of new frontiers, new horizons of music that is advenrutours, but still human being is able to listen it.

You know what ? Sometimes I feel the atmosphere of 60's Miles Davis albums, especially Abyss Hinge 2: The Shrinking Armature which is (when using these mood synonyms) also the lightest song of this album.

4(+), but only because this record leaves me little bit confused and even though I know that I like this kind of music, that Coyote is a good release, both as someone who likes it and as someone who evaluates it from Prog point of view, I'm not sure about the very last parts of rating process, therefore don't know if half a star more wouldn't be too much. But there is possibility of this being true more prominent than ever before.

Sad that this album is so short.

I think I will revisit Univers Zero too

Thanks Joel (progkidjoel) for encouraging me so that I've tried this record.

EDIT: Now it seems that it lost some of its magic, so I'm changing rating to 4(+)

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