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Pak • Motel • Ra Sounds • Opening this
album is a speeding train wreck of Flea and Les Claypool
inspired bass guitar work, elaborate and quirky guitar parts and
precise and tightly wound percussion alongside frantic vocals on
"You Like It Like That." The song moves quickly in many
directions, as does most of this invigorating album of constant
bass guitar thumps and progressive rock arrangements that
include violin, trumpet, sax, piano and alto pieces. "Jam Jel
Treatment" is one track on this release that shows off their
stop-on-a-dime transitions with effortless exuberance, while "Bienvenue
a L'Hotel Plastique" shows off their nine-plus minutes of
drawn-out, jam-band style. Pak has managed to do what only great
musicians can; they've released an amazingly solid album that
stands up from beginning to end. (JC) |