X-Ray Spirit

構成数 : 1
合計収録時間 : 00:31:49
Snake and Jet's Amazing Bullit Band: Thor Rasmussen, Thomas Teilmann Frederiksen. Audio Mixers: The Great Nalna; Jesper Reginal. Snake and Jet's Amazing Bullit Band's X-Ray Spirit crashes open with the spiky organs and tinny drums of "Ten Cities Beyond," one of the most infectious bursts of retro garage pop to emerge from Scandinavia since the Caesars' "Jerk It Out." It's a good deal more hectic and reckless than that Swedish iPod staple (which is recalled more directly in the organ lick of "Doom City") but at least as much fun, even if the vocals are completely incoherent and largely incidental and the "period" vibe is thrown off by some disorienting synth squelches. It's clear from the outset that this Danish duo has little interest in faithfully recapturing the particulars of the Nuggets-style rock & roll and surf music that they equally clearly idolize, displaying a striking lack of concern for a conventional pop notion like "song structure" or "arrangement" or even "melody" (though they've also got the chops to offer up a barrage of hooks when they feel like it). Which is, for the most part, tremendously refreshing. The prevailing mood is one of spirited sloppiness, coupled with a bombastic goofiness that vaguely recalls early Beck, and for the most part it works. They're more or less reshuffling the same handful of elements throughout the record (even reusing their own lyrics on a couple of songs), but enough variety and spontaneity are here to keep things unpredictable. And at just over half an hour, there's hardly time for X-Ray Spirit to wear out its welcome, even if the few numbers that veer slightly toward standard indie punk can get a bit grating, especially vocally. They may not be traditionalists in the typical sense, but when they're on, Snake and Jet manage to reinstate a lot of the wildness and weirdness that made rock & roll so great in the first place. ~ K. Ross Hoffman
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)