If you take nothing else away from experiencing 06/06
than the word ‘unique’, you’ve hit
the nail on the head. Everything from the music to
the artwork and the documentation speaks of the bands
“many years of relative isolation.” I
have to concur, this has given them a sound that can
be described as having a just touch of many things
musical; be it the loops of drum and guitar that are
reminiscent of the 60’s to some fascinating
experimental rock that echoes the trends we’ve
only seen in recent years. The problem in describing
them is that you have to imagine taking a mere shaving
many different genres and then letting them age together.
The result would sound something like SAH.
Don’t let the number 5 that flashes up on your
CD player frighten you either, it seems as though
SAH has taken a nod from classical music, with each
of their tracks having what verge on movements as
opposed to songs. Another thing I appreciate about
SAH is they treat the human voice as just an instrument,
and only apply a smattering of it where it adds to
the album as a whole. The album starts out with a
beautifully even keeled “Inside you there’s
a part of me scared shitless.” which hooked
me right off the bat, the tracks continue with an
almost circadian rhythm in “The stuff dreams
are made of, the album continues this trend as each
track contains different elements that mesh perfectly
until the cacophonous end of “Muppet foot”
that bleeds off into silence.
Isolation is rarely a good thing, just ask Jack Torrence
(The Shining) but in the case of SAH it’s allowed
them to create a musical experience that is fascinating,
pleasant and totally unique.
Key Tracks: Inside you there’s a part of me
scared shitless
Reviewed by James Reiner |
