When The Mountains Turn Blue- "A Penchant for Theatrics"

This is a 15 track album from When the Mountains Turn Blue who are described as Acid Punk/Noisegrind. So what do you get with this release? Well you get 15 tracks of very experimental noise, it has a real jazzy type feel to certain tracks, which works well. The band seem to be Math Dealer who sings and plays all the instruments and Seth Priske who does the analog synth. With the keyboards and synth it reminds me of Zappa in a way.

This album is a bit different from what I usually listen to but I enjoyed it, a wee bit of different does you good sometimes. It cracks on at a good pace with all the tracks being pretty decent, not a bad one on it to be honest and they range from 20 odd seconds up to nearly 5 minutes with all points in between. Fave track was "Isn't it Pedantic", cracking tune with good noise effects. The album overall is well played, he certainly can play the boy! and the synth adds to the general feel on this decidedly weird album, it's not an easy listen but I guess wasn't meant to be.

Overall a very interesting if uncomfortable listen, well worth sticking with and well worth your time in hunting it out. It is available on Mathematician Records for $8 for the download.

4/5