Avant-garde musician Colin Robinson kicks off The Sandman of Aberystwyth , the new album by his one-man project Jumble Hole Clough, with the a '60s baroque pop title track, but the music soon gets weirder after that, because, well, he can't help himself diving into arcane subjects like vintage bubble cars, Orson Wells at garde game and unexploded bombs near a chips shop.
He has a sharp eye for architecture (Iconoclasm Here), technology (Launching the Puddling Boat at Nob End, English Electric) and of course the weather, everybody's favourite bit of small talk (I went to Skipton and it rained). Robinson's knack to find inspiration from pretty much anything he comes across and mixing it up with glee - like inserting a line from a famous William Blake poem into a song about writer Rudyard Kipling - is on a par with his musical eclecticism. There is Robert Fripp-inspired guitar in 40 days & 40 nights, quite a bit of Zappa obviously, and skewed homemade motorik drum parts.
Somehow it all the bits fit together. He never repeats himself, churning out albums like there is no tomorrow. Eccentric? Sure. But give in and enjoy the ride. Want to bet you will go back for seconds?
The Sandman of Aberystwyth is a self-released album. Buy it (pay-what-you-want) from his website.
Tracks:- Standing in Aberystwyth
- Launching the Puddling Boat at Nob End
- Playing Baccarat in Budapest
- Iconoclasm Here
- Rdyrd Kplng
- 40 days & 40 nights
- UXB at the Chip Shop
- Where have all the little people gone?
- Heaven's in the back seat of my bubble car
- I'm going to see a man about a dog
- With an Hourglass Was I Composed
- English Electric
- I went to Skipton and it rained
- My Sweet Lard
- Son of a Salesman
- Here Comes The Sandman
- Every day is a rubbish day for the Dustbin Man
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