Can Can Heads – Kusisessions Vol. 2 7” EP (Kissankusi)
RIDICULOUS skronkin’ rock from this Finnish band, who’ve been at it for about two decades. They got to slug it out with all the Bad Vugum and Trash Can bands like Circle and Deep Turtle when those records were being imported into the States back in the ‘90s, so some listeners with good memories will remember the name. By “session” it means recorded in the studio of the Kissankusi label (Vol. 1 was a Kyklooppien Sukupuutto 7”, which any of you could just send to me, you know … no big deal …), and while this one sounds pretty raw and trebly, the force at which these guys swing is not lost on me, or perhaps you. Maybe you can look past the saxophone jammin’ – to be sure, I don’t really care either way, but some of you are … sensitive to jazz – but it’s a big part of two of the three tracks here. “Short Face Man” is a short, grunting little prog instrumental with horns behaving badly. “Hot Albert Meat” is a sustained torrent of distorted guitar riffing and cymbal ride underneath soulful, Ayler-esque sax serenading, and later, some operatic male vocals. It’s bookended by Luttenbachers-style jazz violence. “Salmonella River” plays against type as a surfy little pop number with keyboards. Put down that NY Post and apply yourself. 314 copies, each with a Michael Jackson sticker. (http://www.kissankusi.com)
(Doug Mosurock)
