PUMICE Quo · SAB 029 <<SAB 028 · SAB 030>>
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01. Pumice Quo
02. World With Worms
03. Fort
04. Thermos in the Studio
05. Pebbles [mp3]
06. Whole Hoof
07. Sick Bay Duvet
08. Dog Water
09. Heavy Punter
10. Battersby
11. Beak Remedy


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As the title self-effacingly implies, Quo proffers a triumphant, primo slice of past Pumiceisms: uncertain progressions, anomalous structure, inimitable guitar buzz, sublime melancholy, and distorted vocals (crooned, spoken & moaned). Quo once more finds Pumice cruising the convergence of pop, folk and noise strains with bona fide inner mystique. Sputtering sub-underground skiffle aims for outer zones, diamond cuts of nervous guitar with pesky hooks that sting and tickle tread rough hewn punk turf, pop tangents charm with echoes of Kilgour or Knox, and woozy synth blurts & drones thread the patchwork patterns with Hulk-like grace. With Quo, Neville's palette has shifted to include traces of useless hardcore, doo wop, and modern loner/lunar blues.

Stefan Neville, shamblin' on unhinged like a modern day Hasil Adkins, has been making music as Pumice now for most of his life. Through a steadily spewed stream of unique DIY thud & ooze, mostly created on his insular own, Neville has burrowed an incomparable place in the post-everything New Zealand landscape, all the while making music that's his.

 

SELECTED REVIEWS
All Music Guide · Foxy Digitalis · Forest Gospel · Drowned in Sound · Exclaim! · Dusted Magazine
 
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