French TV - 9: This Is What We Do CD
SKU
PD008
FTV are on a roll. The current lineup of Chris Smith-guitars, violin, exotic strings, anguish: Warren Dale-keyboards, reeds, mallet percussion, suffering: Mike Sary-bass, regrets: and Jeff Gard-drums, crushed hopes: have released what is to my ears their best yet. There's some really great playing on this, and the album even really rocks hard (even as it changes where the accents fall in the bar line). Despite being only a four piece, thanks to octopus-instrumentalist Warren, the variety of instrumentation is really quite large and varied (and Chris' violin and strings adds quite a lot too). A band that straddles the line between progressive, jazz/rock and avant-progressive, keeping it accessible while also keeping it tricky, I was really impressed by this. An excellent work; recommended!
- LabelPretentious Dinosaur
- UPC670213279625