Pram really did start my journey into the avant-garde world, so I owe them a lot! They are by far the band I favour the most. I just love how indescribable they are, exploring entire different genres. Track of the Cat brings an alien world to a lounge scenario and provides a soundtrack to a journey of enlightenment. By far their best track to my ears. These Birmingham-based experimentalists take pride in not fitting into any genre, allowing an audience to feel a brand new experience into music. Their vast 20 year career has delved into genres such as jazz, sci-fi, post-punk, funk, avant-pop, flamenco and even a bit of jungle.
Album Descriptions:
- Gash - Raw, avant-punk. Heavily influenced by The Raincoats and The Slits. Child nightmarish. Best Track: Blue Singer
- The Stars are so Big, the Earth is so Small... - Lo-fi. Eerie, almost lullaby-like, lyrical, magical, harsh, mesmerising, free-jazz. Best Track: Loredo Venus
- Helium - Child nightmarish, exotic, jungle, alien, high, floaty, slow-beat. More Captain Beefheart/The Residents influence. Best Tracks: Things Left on the Pavement and My Father the Clown
- Sargasso Sea - Very exotic, almost flamenco, nightmarish themed, up-beat, funk, lounge, relaxed, lyrical structured. Best Track: Loose Threads
- North Pole Radio Station -Sci-fi, nightmarish, egyptian, jazz, ska/reggae, alien, hypnotic, playful, lyrically structured, eerie, French, dreamy, western. Best Tracks: Cinnabar and Sleepy Sweet
- The Museum of Imaginary Animals - Avant-pop, happy, playful, lyrically structured. Hawaiian, Sci-fi, dreamy, shoegaze, soundtrack, jazz, floaty, exotic. Similarities to Stereolab Best Tracks: Mermaid's Hotel and Mother of Pearl
- Dark Island - Horror, early soundtrack, sci-fi, jazz, lounge, western, alien, mysterious, funk, soul, floaty, exotic, nightmarish. Influenced by black and white silent movies. Best Tracks: Track of the Cat and Sirocco
- The Moving Frontier - Soundscape, soundtrack, horror, exotic, foreign, sci-fi, indian, tribal, jazz, moving, hypnotic journey. Influenced by foreign movie soundtracks. Best Tracks: The Silk Road and The Empty Quarter (Obviously The Silk Road is influenced by a Captain Beefheart lyric)
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| Gash |
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| The Stars are so Big, the Earth is so Small... Stay as you are |
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| Helium |
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| Sargasso Sea |
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| North Pole Radio Station |
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| Museum of Imaginary Animals |
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| Dark Island |
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| The Moving Frontier |
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