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Ink Puddle Compound
8+ albums
psychedelicexperimental folkcamera obscura recordsfolkLo-Fi
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Ink Puddle Compound Reviews: Tantrum Seas and Dust Lanes: Ink Puddle Compound is an exciting new addition to the Camera Obscura roster. This one man band out of Illinois plays an interesting hybrid of textured folk-pop and experimental electronica on its debut CD, Tantrum Seas and Dust Lanes. As that might suggest, Legendary Pink Dots or Current 93 could be reference points to what's going on here, but Brandon Siscoe sounds less ironically detached than Ed Ka-Spel and not as fatalistic as David Tibet. The vocals are a real strong point actually, slightly phased and passionately performed, sounding influenced more by the likes of Alan Sparhawk of Low or CO's own Patrick Porter than any of those World Serpent bands as he delivers lines of heartache and surreal word play over atmospheric blips and crackling drones the likes of which haven't been heard since Disco Inferno's DI Goes Pop, or the last Piano Magic album. This is decidedly less paranoid and meth addled than the DI record though, opting for a casual bleakness that's accented wisely by the inspired, minimal production and all around warped vibe. My favorite moment is definitely the expansive "Our Sculptor Was a Lazy Prince", yet the whole thing has an icy/warm home recorded aura that will likely appeal to fans of any of the Legendary Pink Dots' hazier flights of sound as well as classic early UK "post rock". -Lee Jackson (Broken Face #18) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
