Can the Boy Tell Time – Tunia
(2011, self-released)
Tunia is the kindly face-melting new album from Seattle band Can The Boy Tell Time. This music is by no means easy to describe, but I am eager to try. But before I get into it, I want to point out: CTBTT is having their release show for Tunia this Friday, 7/1, at The Mars Bar, with a new 4-piece lineup. I highly encourage you to join me there; it should be quite a treat.
CTBTT is the project of Peter Verdoes and various collaborators. Tunia is the follow-up to their debut full-length The Llama Tapes. Verdoes is well-regarded for a former project as well, math-rock group In Praise Of Folly. He says CTBTT “sort of started in reaction to the pompous nature of my old previous band and the complexity of it all (math rock stuff, touring with a string section, etc). I just wanted to keep everything simple and fairly minimal this time around.” To that end Peter mostly recorded Tunia himself, at home, on old 4-track cassette and 16-track Fostex decks. Translation: this means creative limitation, and you can hear it; the record sounds like real people playing full takes.
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