GOAT
I SING IN SILENCE / SNAKE OF ADDIS ADABA (ROCKET RECORDINGS)
Instead of plugging in new instruments the band have unplugged and created an addictive groove with mostly un-amped, acoustic instruments.
Elastic guitar lines, woodblock percussion, and flutes which drive the song are enveloped by one of the strongest vocal deliveries by the bands enigmatic singers, resulting in a powerful and catchy psych-pop number.
The B side instrumental is a looping North African mantra played on a teasing fuzzed guitar underpinned by a djembe groove.
The repetitive mantra is disrupted by piano that freely solos over the groove, and a pounding drum lifts the song to a seriously head-nodding conclusion.