Didn’t realize The Second Family Band was the result of a distended Davenport, but it makes sense. Wrong Carnival, Kid is a curious mix of Joshua Jugband 5, Black Beach-era Excepter and just about everything in between. The fulcrum on which the title track rests is guitar, however; that and a ton of dressings: tribal drums (I’ll bet they hate that descriptor; sorry), a drone machine, typical echo-age vocals, flute… You name it, they go there. The American Alvarus, if you will. “Nopus No. 23 / House Of Mirrors” is even freakier, and folkier (go figs), and, if it’s even possible, dronier. Accordion (or is that melodica? They’ll never tell), computer magic, whistling, bird chirps, blasts of steam, and effects make for an uneasy mix. Sometimes it’s best to be patient. This is ex-Dav-Po, man! Only 45 copies if the word on the street is to be believed (and it is), but there must be a few left, right (there aren’t)? Shit, man.
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