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...don't know that one either.
Here's a quote from the Wholly Other website...
"To say that the words "unique" and "singular" are over-used in describing music is to state the obvious. To apply these words to the sounds created by the various duo/trio configurations of the Texas group Charalambides over the last decade plus would be understatement. To be sure there are numerous antecedents to their music; to deny this of any artist's work would be akin to saying that they are deaf. But they have surely broken new ground in the primitive/folk/mystic/improv/psych valley in which they toil. As Marcus Boon wrote in The Wire; "...here is a truly 21st century experimental ethnic music that explores quietness and stasis... in the same way that musicians in the second half of the 20th century discovered amplification, noise and speed.""
I might be getting confused because as i said i don't know them much but at least the back sleeve i'm sure was of a darkish red colour.I picked it up while i was doing some casual work at Music Exchange as someone left the record amongst the shop's cds .I put it on as i had read that they were meant to be a very good band but still it didn't do it for me,no.They must be a good band if so many people revere them that much,i'm not contesting that in the slightest,but for the little i've heard i was pretty much let down.Since you like them so much and you have fine taste(thanks for directing me towards that lonely Espers record,i've enjoyed it a big deal)i'll explore them a bit more.
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