Extra Life– Dream Seeds (African Tape)
A loose dual-themed concept album dealing withchildren and dreams means that this third full-length release from Brooklyn’sart-rock provocateurs, Extra Life treads some incredibly dicey ground. Thecombination of the drawn synthesizer music, Charlie Looker’s church choristervocal delivery and minimal heaviness sets a sort of gothic tone. The songsswitch between the marginally tender and the massively harrowing – a largeproportion of the tales centre around the death or abuse of children – which,as you can imagine, makes for a quite horrific and uneasy ride.The lyrical couplet “The picketer told us, ‘Don’tkill your kid’ / In another world we didn’t but in this one we did” form “RighteousSeed” and “Where is my wooden club? DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE… / I’ll break yourarm boy, your mother’s not around” from “Discipline for Edwin” are as dark asthings can get and a brave decision to air on record.
Uncomfortable certainly, but an unusual andcaptivating listening experience nonetheless, though often one that collidesagainst the general consensus of taste. If you can get beyond this, thepervading message that the damage and wrongs that adults can do to children is animportant one. That Looker is a schoolteacher probably connects directly tothese dreams seeds and likely weighs heavy on his subconscious…. someone psycho-analysehim… he may need help…www.extralifeband.comWillsk
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