The palette-cleansing ambiance of "Tycho Brahe", where hunter explores a series of slowly morphing chord changes (and where Previte and Logic play otherworldly call & response), we get to shake it to the surf-meets-hip-hop of "March 1741, Cape Horn". Dang, that Previte never ceases to amaze with his somehow off kilter yet right in the pocket skin whackin'.
Jumping forward to "Dead Reckoning", a more sinister kind of groove emerges. It's almost like Praxis playing the Talking Heads. Start and stop. Squeak and roar (yea, Charlie Christian mighta been frowning here). There's more of this sort of 'industrial funk' interleaved between the spacier tracks. For maximum funk, check out "Back-Quadrant", an upside-down James Brown thang.
As much as I love this band making the big noise, there's just as much going on in the quieter material. It's on tunes like "Medicean Stars", "Epherimedes", "South Heading" and the closing untitled track that you can just hear Logic, Previte and Hunter listening as much as playing. Great stuff.
So the question remains: would Krupa, Christian and Edison like Groundtruther? Well, probably not. But hey, you never know. Great minds tend to have lots of, shall we say, room for expansion. Looking at it from another angle, sometimes experiences outside of your comfort zone can actually expand your mind in ways that you've never thought possible. Can Longitude do that? Hey, don't take my word for it. Your ears are in charge.
Article comments
1 - Phillip Winn
Very nice. It's the generation gap, stretched out!