RECENT LISTENING #4

Appalachian Krautrock, Psycho Jazz, & more, by More Klementines, Heathen Disco Radio, Crazy Doberman, Dean Spunt, Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson, Nate Young, Equipment Pointed Ankh, Warren Winter's Band

MORE KLEMENTINES s/t LP (TWIN LAKES/FEEDING TUBE) The official title of this record by the band More Klementines seems to be More Klementines, but the phrase “Chase Dreams Not Cash” features so prominently on the cover, I really think it should be the title. (Update: Spotify seems to have thought so too, because a month after that was written, everybody’s favorite big tech streaming service in fact rejected the album, because the words on the cover didn’t match the band name or album title. Never fear, the album was resubmitted with the phrase on the cover “censored,” and now you can stream away.) Some backstory on the band: the lineup of More Klementines is the same lineup as the band Myty Konkeror, who, on the same label Twin Lakes, released a debut album back in 2011 called I Miss the Future. I ended up listening to it quite a bit, though never quite writing a review of it. The More Klementines iteration of MK is quite a bit different, where Myty Konkeror were some kind of helium-…