Ball of Wax 44 Songs: Kelly Morgan – Way Down

“Way Down” opens with an uneasy gurgling of voices that sound like the creeping nightlife in a jungle. That gurgle persists like a vamp, looping as sonic foundation underneath a handful of voices weaving around each other, singing the words “Way Down” in a multitude of phrasings. Kelly Morgan’s contribution to Ball of Wax 44 is ambitious, fascinating, and well-executed – a sort of swamp thing La Monte Young that I didn’t know how much I needed to hear until after I heard it.