Description
Brunnen ist Freek Kinkelaar. Der ist eine Hälfte von Beequeen. Und die sind Freunde der Legendary Pink Dots. Das umreißt zwar den Kosmos, in dem sich Brunnen bewegt, beschreibt allerdings nicht die Schönheit dieses wunderbaren Albums. Für entrückte Nachmittage auf frühsommerlichen Wiesen.
Label-Info Beta-lactam Ring Records:
Brunnen reveals that part of
Beequeen's Freek Kinkelaar which is the strange wandering minstrel/alchemist
(half-orc cleric with a +2 mace). If only more records were so cogently
perplexing. A slightly cinematically arranged, quasi-psychedelic little dear of
a hushed pop song opens the album. Freek's vocals sublimate in a pleasant
whisper, not unlike (ahem) a quieter Yo La Tengo song. Freek, perhaps true to
his name, does not hesitate to then very, very slowly weave together a spacious
tone poem whose initial notes live counties apart, concocting an outré sort of
high lonesome that might sonically drift across the same sort of plain as
Wenders' Paris, Texas does visually. Kinkelaar's vocal delivery tugs at shirt
tails ala Just Drifting era Psychic TV balladry or introspective LPD. Subtly
amplified guitars chime quietly against slo-mo keyboards, occasional samples,
tablas and air. An understated rave-up of Trust In Me from The Jungle Book is a
nice exclamation point. A musical sandwich, really, with the outer psychedelic
pop buns keeping the avant-garde middle meat warm.
