Review: Mike Patton's mischievous first band had grown from the stuff of teenage tomfoolery to a band taken seriously as cross-genre pioneers and modern day progressive titans by the time they released this third album proper in 1999. Moreover, this proved to be yet another curveball, being by far the most melodic and pop-influenced thing the band had committed to wax. This being Mr. Bungle however, 'California' also took in movie-scores, doo-wop, Hawaiian music, circus themes and a good dozen other genres besides, confounding the listener even as it offered tunes your milkman could whistle, making for a fitting epitaph for a unique band.
In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry In The Tradition Of Passing)
Crushin'
MTLOV (Minor Keys)
The Things They Do To Me
Boys Turn Into Girls (Initiation Rites)
Never Nothing (It's Alright (It's OK))
Double Dutch
The Body, It Bends
Oh, I'm A Wrecker (What To Say To Crazy People)
Golden Waves
Review: Balancing out shoe gazing radiance and expansive melancholia in elegant style, A Sunny Day In Glasgow hit on a rich seam of dream pop on this fourth album proper. Whilst the songs here are catchy enough to grace the end credits of a blockbuster, the band always maintain an undertow of abrasive noise and are experts in the creation of blissful soundscapes that summon a beguiling narcotic haze. Taken as a whole, the eleven track Sea When Absent is liable to delight and satiate fans of bands such as School Of Seven Bells, Blonde Redhead and The Naked And Famous.
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