Quack Quack
Label: Cuckundoo
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Instrumental rock wound with jazz rhythms and hypnotising melodies.
Slow As An Eyeball is the debut album by Yorkshire-based instrumental trio Quack Quack. Combining elements of rock and jazz, the band wind inventive melodic lines and ever-changing rhythms, resulting in a bright, bouyant sound. The album gradually eases the listener in with the relatively subdued ‘Perpetual Spinach’ before releasing their anarchic side with ‘D Motherfucker D’. Here, a chaotic intro paves the way for the playfully melodic keyboard lines backed up Afrobeat inspired rhythms and sludgy basslines. Produced by Richard Formby (who has also worked with Wild Beasts & Mogwai) and featuring two members of Polar Bear, this is a long awaited instrumental treat. Check the reviews below and you'll have to give it a go!
Releases we represent:
- Slow As An Eyeball | Album | Cuckundoo | 2010
Quotes:
"It's what modern jazz might sound like, were it taken out of the acoustic arena and thrown into a world where electronics collide with traditional instrumentation" 7/10 Drowned In Sound
"This Leeds band rock, they swoon, they hypnotise. In my parallel universe, Slow As An Eyeball goes in at No. 1. It's a thing of spellbinding, powerful beauty" John Kennedy, XFM/Dazed & Confused
"Good grief, Slow As An Eyeball is fun.... The sort of immediate, raw and inescapable joy that leaps out of the speakers to demand smiles, dance action and increased volume all at the same time." All About Jazz
"Seriously.... Slow As An Eyeball is one of the finest recordings to come out this year – one that offers hope and promise for the future of instrumental rock music" 8/10 The Silent Ballet
Tracks included on the following samplers:
- New Music Vol 10 USA Download sampler here
- Quack Quack "Slow As An Eyeball" Download sampler here
- New Music Vol 11 USA Download sampler here
- New Music Vol 12 Download sampler here
