Evening Meetings – “Forgotten in Seconds” b/w “Hello Mr. Evening” 7” (Dirty Knobby)
Another vector radiates from the Seattle axis that brought us A Frames, Love Tan, Factums, etc. I see how it goes in that city now, so a record like this isn’t as much of a mystery, but I’m cool with about 60% of it. “Forgotten in Seconds” … well yeah, I can’t remember this one, sorry dawggz. But “Hello Mr. Evening” seems more like it, and it’s one of those few tracks that can find success through repetition/annoyance, the kind like where you can’t wait for it to be over, then find yourself thinking about it more and more once it ended. That’s how I felt the first few times I heard the Fall, and that’s also what happens here. Primitive/cruddy guitar barks out over cheap FX and 4:20 vocals muttering about this or that, but it goes on just long enough to pass “too long” and into “not long enough.” Don’t look for a progression, just stare at the spot on the wall. This music is like that. Pretty cool, would like to hear more. (http://www.dirtyknobby.com)
(Doug Mosurock)
