MEGIRA, CHARLIE & THE BET SHE' AN VALLEY HILLBILLIES
BOOM CHAKA BOOM BOOM (MAROON VINYL) (NUMERO GROUP)
Charlie Megira's self-reflexive final album found him far from his Beth She'an Valley home and surrounded by a new cast of Hillbillies.
After spending 15 years toying with goth, sound collage, grunge, and dark wave, Boom Chaka Boom Boom is a sprawling mix of plunking country blues, Black Lodge terror, ambient montages, 17th century Lutheran hymns, and noodling spaghetti western kitsch.
Deck his soul with gladness.