Moodring, Scared of Ferret

review by dave heaton

An offshoot of the weird-jazz ensemble Rollerball, Moodring has that band’s freedom with sound and their ability to scare the beejezus out of you. What they do with sounds is fascinating and scary. Listen to “Shaker Tab”, which has a flurry of percussion and squirming equipment noises but also, surprisingly, a catchy tune. Or “Bulbul Tarang”, a five-minute meditation over guitar and drum that amplifies the noise as it moves, like a prayer turned into torture. Then horns come in and it breaks free and clear, sort of, though I still hear doom hanging in the air at the end.

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