Sub Pop
2005
Alpine Static
About This Album
Kinski will never run out of b**chin' titles. Proven: 1999's Space Launch for Frenchie, the 2003 LP Airs Above Your Station, and Alpine Static in 2005. The rhythms are more deliberate in parts of Static -- occasionally there's a whiff of stoner rock, or maybe Burning Brides without vocals -- but the consistent pace of "Hot Stenographer" and "Hiding Drugs in the Temple, Pt. 2" suits the Seattle quartet as well as their documented spaced-out side. In fact, "Hiding Drugs" effectively does both. It rocks out with its Spock out, crafting otherworldly guitar tones to go with its frenetic, big rock snare drum. There's no question of Sonic Youth's continued influence on Kinski. But Alpine Static is a progression within the context of the band's own discography, and that's important. Their 2003 collaboration with Acid Mothers Temple didn't have a cool title, but that split LP's "Fell Asleep on Your Lawn" was one of their strongest-ever tracks, and it resurfaces here (retitled "Passed Out on Your Lawn") for the benefit of everyone. Its initial introspection splinters into squalling noise and a pulsing beat, only to have the rhythm drop out completely.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,6 and 7)

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