Review: Three Second Kiss – Tastyville

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ThreeSecond Kiss – Tastyville (Africantape)For “Tastyville”, Three Second Kiss’ sixth albumsince 1996, drummer Sacha Tilotta assumes the recording / mixing role, aposition previously occupied by Shellac’s Steve Albini and Ian Burgess(producer of Shellac, Jawbox and Cows) amongst others.
Musically the Italian trio (Massimo Mosca - bass andvocals, Sergio Carlini – guitar, alongside drummer Tilotta) occupies a spacesomewhere amid post hardcore, post grunge, math rock and minimalist rock. Thebass and drums groove with a formidable, yet controlled, force that ischallenged by psychedelic and abstract guitar work. The vocals do however haveto vie for space and the gritty, tormented, hallucinatory concepts are a littleoverwhelmed.
In a nutshell “Tastyville” is muscular, irregular yettightly syncopated. Three Second Kiss play All Tomorrow’s Parties’ “TheNightmare before Christmas” (30th November – 2nd December) alongside Shellac,Wire, Mission of Burma to name but few.www.africantape.comwww.myspace.com/threesecondkiss