Mike Keneally and Marcelo Radulovich: Thursday

For Thursday, the fourth album of their week day album series, multi-instrumentalists Mike Keneally and Marcelo Radulovich went back a couple of decades, using cassettes that were recorded decades ago and use them as stepping stones for twisted party songs. It is all firmly rooted in the avant-garde and post-rock brackets, but some it is accessible for the uninitiated.

Kicking off a radically reconstructed version of the French chanson Seul Sur Son Étoile - Kenneally was only 11 when he made the original tape - the pair bonded over using loops, distorted guitar and eclectic percussion. The Wedding Song is a freaky jazz Zappa-esque showstopper that will confuse the revellers, should it ever be played at such an occasion. Titi Bar at Noon is an excursion that Steely Dan never had the nerve to try. Pushing themselves of a cliff and somehow manage to land safely is no mean feat, but for these musicians it comes off as another day at the office. It is OK to be jealous.

Mike Keneally: guitar, bass, synth, piano, organ, bul bul
Marcelo Radulovich: synth, sampling, piano, melodica, drum machine, percussion, drums, synth bass, guitar, cuatro

Thursday is released on Titicacaman Records.

Tracks:

1. Seul Sur Son Étoile
2. Mike's Birthday, 2024
3. Oni
4. Agora 2
5. The Wedding Song
6. Agora 1
7. On a Green Shell
8. Titi Bar at Noon
9. Vertigo
10. Johnny Grubb
11. Awash in Salinas
12. Thursday
13. Sunday Afternoon
14. Sliver Moon

» keneally.com
» titicacaman.com

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