2 keepers
keeper avg .250
"Steve's Basement" opens Kinski's third album with a shimmering descending guitar riff, giving way to the loud, droning version of the same riff, covering the album's entire dynamic range in two sections for almost 10-minutes. The square-wave tremolo gives the evocative introduction of "Semaphore"**** an intimidating, mechanized base, changing to a heavy, dramatic theme, concluded by a harmonically-enhanced variation of the intro before its energetic coda; the warm, gauzy "I Think I Blew It"**** is its glowing Apple-white antithesis. Between these highlights, the drone-y but energetic "Rhode Island Freakout" is loud and buzzy like a instrumental / post-rock Seattle band should make when paying homage to Sonic Youth, while the driving "Schedule For Using Pillows & Beanbags" cranks out a brooding riff for 11-plus minutes. There are diminishing returns on the last three tracks, as the heavy "Your Lights Are (Out Or) Burning Badly" skips along awkwardly and "Waves Of Second Guessing" add nothing to what has come before but an uninspired guitar riff, before the album closes with a reprise of "I Think I Blew It."
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