Kelvox1 -‘Grazed Red.’ (Aagoo)

Kelvox1 are a three-piece from Cambridge. According to the helpful press release sen

t along with Grazed Red, James, Tom and David use ‘synths, sampler, voice, guitar, bass ‘and other useful objects that happen to be at hand.’ Honest to God, I swear some of these appear to sound like scissors being er, scissored…

This is a two-track album, featuring one twelve minute song ‘Hanged Man’, and one twenty minute song ‘Stephen – Grazed Red.’ With less than twenty-four hours to go til the album comes out as I write this review, I’m still scratching my head. Not because I don’t like it – I do, ve

ry much so – but every time I play it, something else reveals itself.

Certainly, I can see that Kelvox1 could be labelled Post-rock, and they’ve more of an experimental edge to them, than some post-rock acts who simply seem to be trying to play classical music, without sounding like, say, Sky. But without giving up completely and just relying on a thesaurus to write this review, it’s a charmingly experimental post-rock album which reveals a little bit more with each listen. Okay?

More than okay to these ears, mind you…

***1/2

Grazed Red is released on March 12 on Aagoo