This seemed to be back in stock last time I visited so I thought I'd take a minute to inform you that if you're giving it the customary thirty second spin on the decks, the b-side is the one to go for. The Josef K track is indicative of men who use arrogance and sarcasm to cover up shyness and prudishness, either that or of someone who is desperately trying to avoid vomiting. It's unremittingly jangly but you would never receive the wrong impression that it was happy or carefree or even anywhere near to comfortable in its surroundings. Juniper Moon, on the other hand, are really frighteningly chipper. In Spanish.
No Age's first release on Sub Pop has prompted me to look up the dictionary definition of 'experimental' to help me decide if they can be described as such. It only led me onto an unanswerable debate about originality. I think I prefer 'abstract' - that means, '1. having no reference to material objects or specific examples; not concrete 2. not applied or practical; theoretical 3. hard to understand; recondrite; abtruse'. Nothing here sounds as though it has come straight from it's source. It's relflected and refracted in a thousand mirrors, muted by being wrapped in cloth and selectively amplified again. Sometimes you will listen to it and feel frustrated; they move too tentatively. But - and this is why I turned in its favour, and it took me a couple of listens - it's really fucking sexy. 
This is the harmonica augmented, smoothly rolled cut; everything fine now and the shadow of overwhelming and inescapable profundity only just visible in the far off distance. Essentially what you are paying for is vocal, and what you get is mid ranged and suprisingly sharp and caustic. That suprised me - I've obviously seen pictures of Howlin' Wolf and I was anticipating something so low down it broke the bass on my stereo. The reality is actually more pleasing because it's not at all overblown so it can mean more to you personally.
