QUACK QUACK: SLOW AS AN EYEBALL
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Quack Quack: Slow As An Eyeball
label: Cuckundoo Records
Release date: May 10, 2010
Slow As An Eyeball gradually eases the listener in with the relatively subdued ‘Perpetual Spinach’. The anarchic side to the band shines through in ‘D Motherfucker D’ where a chaotic intro paves the way for the playfully melodic keyboard lines backed up by Turpin’s Afrobeat inspired rhythms and Bannister’s sludgy bassline. Coincidence had it that jazz band Polar Bear were in Leeds during one of Quack Quack’s recording sessions, and having previously been acquainted on the Fulborn Teversham tour, Seb Rochford and Pete Wareham accepted an invitation to guest on a couple of tracks. The penultimate track ‘Slow As An Eyeball’ was one such song; an insistent groove that builds to a frenzy culminating in Wareham’s squawky sax and Rochford’s fierce and turbulent drumming. The trio show their love for jazz one minute (‘Three’) and motorik the next (‘Jack Of None’), ideas and influences colliding naturally and falling into place. Quack Quack are a band that always like to keep on their toes whilst still evidently having fun along the way. Extensive touring will take place for much of 2010.
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