Blog | Received and Highly Recommended: Rugburns, a CD by John Bennet, Seed Verb, Nervous et. al. |
Christ, you can dance to this! Bennet intones his “shards” in a surprising tenor–nothing like the Tom Waits I expected–to a B-Boy beat that would do M & M proud. Though Bennet points to Kenneth Patchen as an inspiration, most of what Patchen does in his recorded work has to do with story. Bennet’s “shards” are fragments that sometimes cohere, usually don’t. Perfect for a coffee house where everybody knows all the answers and wants to talk at the top of their lungs. I’d give it a 99–good beat and the words don’t get in the way. The best of Bennet’s work so far.
