THE WRONG OBJECT - AFTER THE EXHIBITION

• the wrong object: after the exhibition
      (2013, cd, usa, moonjune mjr055)

The Wrong Object has a new album out. It has been a while and it was worth the wait. If my notes are correct, this is album number six for TWO. Yes, I do count the excellent "Brewed In Belgium" by the Alex Maguire Sextet as an album by The Wrong Object, and I also added the beautiful "Live at Zappanale 2008" album that got released on the Fazzul Music label.
So this is album number six, entitled "After The Exhibition", and a lot has happened. For one thing, the quintet turned into a sextet, but even more important, there's four new members in the renewed band. Besides Michel Delville (guitar) and Laurent Delchambre (drums) the sextet is completed by Antoine Guenet (keyboard and occasional vocal; from Sh.tg.n !!), Marti Melia (sax), Francois Lourtie (sax) and Pierre Motet (bass). Furthermore, Susan Clynes added vocals on one track, and Benoît Moerlen added marimba and electric vibraphone to six of the tracks.

"After The Exhibition" is a beautiful album. One can tell that the various bandmembers know their classics. The Canterbury Scene, prog rock and Frank Zappa are never far away.

I like "After The Exhibition" a lot. The album does remain in line with the previous recordings, but it does make clear that The Wrong Object has taken another step forward.
The fact that all (or many) of the musicians also wrote some of the material does certainly add to the variety and the richness of the album.
Favourite tracks: 'Jungle Cow' (M.Delville), Yantra (L.Delchambre) and 'Glass Cubes' (A.Guenet).

Essential listening.

Out on Moonjune Records:
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Here's a live snippet


Next week, June 29, The Wrong Object will be celebrating the new album in Liège (B).
At 'Le Fiacre'.