Monday, March 4, 2024

THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS - DECOY FOR A DOGNAPPER

Bandcamp says:

SO HERE'S THE STORY. Inactive for two decades, in 2017, the founding fathers of the Chrysanthemums – Alan Jenkins and Yukio Yung (or Terry Burrows if you prefer) – joined a conversation about themselves on an American fan's Facebook page. Gentle cajoling to record some new material quickly escalated. Many of the Chrysanthemums' past concepts had come from Jenkins and Burrows riffing, trying to “out-stupid” one another – exchanges that gave birth to such lo-fi epics as 'Is That A Fish On Your Shoulder Or Are You Just Pleased To See Me?' or their acclaimed sophomore effort, 'Little Flecks Of Foam Around Barking'. On this occasion, what began with a non-committal agreement to “maybe do something” developed at some pace, passing through the predictable “Twenty-minute prog rock EP with contrasting movements and complex shifting time signatures?”… then onto “Only if it’s a concept album” … and, of course, “I’ll do it, but only if the concept is based around Scooby-Doo.“

Experimental madness.
Fun.
My first encounter with The Chrysanthemums...

Out on a 2 CD set, released on the Cordelia Records label.
Also to be found on Bandcamp.


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