( ) by The Prime-Time Sublime
The obvious point of comparison for composer and "instigator" Paul
Minotto and The Prime-Time Sublime
Community Orchestra would be Frank Zappa's classical work. Particularly it
would compare closer to earlier stuff like Uncle Meat with more the sound of an
orchestra, as opposed to the later stuff that Zappa had "executed" on
a synthesizer rather than performed by live musicians.
I won't claim much expertise in analyzing classical music styles, but the ( )
album strikes me as fairly listenable, more so than a lot of Zappa's classical
work, and specifically more so than his idol Edgar Varese.
Particularly, I hear more pattern, or actual composition and development
in ( ) than what I've ever been able to make out of Varese in particular.
The first couple of compositions here especially pleased me. "Holy War in
Your Pants" has a particularly cool title, though I don't know how much it
reflects the actual musical content, which has basic themes sounding like a
purposefully flat high school orchestra.
My favorite track, "A Day at the Mall" offers some nice plucky 50s
strings, stuff to gently pump you up as you ascend the escalator. It's fairly
compelling.
Two compositions gives you over 20 minutes of outstanding material, so there's
at least a good half album already. I didn't find the other pieces quite as
interesting, though "Felini's Pickup Truck" had some nice Americana
colors, bits of banjo and such in this dry lineup. Somehow I picture this going
with a scene of a pickup truck tearing through a desert with surreality dust
kicking up behind.
If you're interested in modern orchestral styles, ( ) rates a listen,
even if they are a bunch of clowns.
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