![]() Built around catchy hooks and delicate melodies, the record ebbs, and flows, taking the listener on a cosmic journey. The word “experimental” is often chucked about casually nowadays-in many cases, anything that doesn’t follow a rigid verse-chorus-verse structure seems to qualify as such-but in the case of K I! it’s entirely appropriate they are true musical innovators. ![]() Drawing influences from almost every conceivable point on the rock spectrum, Ruination sounds like Jethro Tull smashed a fat tab of acid and went wild with a fuzz pedal. Jaunty jazz fusion basslines underpin exquisite vocal harmonies, and the listener is invited to get drunk on a seemingly infinite supply of hypnotic, dreamlike melodies. It’s outlandish, completely left-field and utterly captivating.īesides its nearly flawless execution, a large part of what makes Ruination so enthralling is the manner in which the band melds immersive atmospherics with out-and-out catchiness. Despite clocking in at a combined 26 minutes in length, openers “Sinister Waters” parts I and II, for example, feature plenty to keep audiences with even the shortest of attention spans fully engaged and entertained. As the album progresses, however, new layers brim to the surface and shape the listening experience. Prog has something of a reputation for requiring concerted effort to digest. Be it through the Yo La Tengo-esque noodling of “Llullaillaco” or the stomping bass-driven intro to “Starik,” however-something that wouldn’t feel out of place on a Queens of the Stone Age record- Kairon Irse! stay true to the ethos of the genre, while still managing to write music you’ll find yourself humming as you do the weekly grocery shop. It’s a fine balance to strike, but one they’ve nailed. In all honesty, it’s pretty tough to find much drastically wrong with Kairon IRSE!’s latest work. At times I felt as though the sound would have benefited from a little more depth, and on a purely personal level, I admit to slightly preferring the somewhat less polished feel of its predecessor, Ujubasajuba, but that’s pretty much the sum total of the criticism I can level here. If you don’t love prog, still listen to Ruination and it might just turn you. It’s an unforgivable travesty that this eccentric quartet is as little-known as they are, and if there’s any justice in the world then this ought to be the record that garners them the recognition they so earnestly deserve. Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.Grammar, be damned, Kairon IRSE! mean business.
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