/New Weird Australia, Dream folk, Noir folk, Anti-folk,
Freak folk, Weird folk, Indie folk, Electronic, Psych-folk, Experimental folk, Folk
indie, Avant-folk/
Comment: I
can`t stand for those persons` opinion who hyped Animal Collective throughout
the 00s but nowadays speaking silly things by accusing the Avey Tare &
Panda Bear led combo by introducing naïve and simplistic elements into the pop
music. All what has been created by the group throughout the 00s was innovative
and spellbinding. Another essential element related to them (basically with
them and Devendra Banhart) was to introduce the movement of the so-called New
Weird America which had a huge influence on other countries folk musicians either.
Eventually we did have a chance to see how much potential could have folk music
if to cross it with other genres. Australia is one of those countries wherefrom
have come off a loads of groups with tremendous aesthetical ability. For
instance, I recommend listen to the compilations of New Weird Australia at
Bandcamp to comprehend the phenomenon. The Sydney-based collective Lessons In
Time is being active since the second half of 00s and having issued four albums
so far (at least more issues I was not personally able to figure out). The
combo`s 6-track issue is a relatively short-running one though involving a
multitude of twists and undercurrents to undermine a trivial folk music body.
From sublime dreamy female vocal led meditations to more noir drenched vocal
timbres and guitar experiments to voice machine/vocoder drenched vocal
experiments to distorted guitar hook based elevations into noise rock
embodiment to compositions let to evolve within open space/nearby the campfire
somewhere. All of that described recently it is not a simplistic show-off but
an organic shift from one element to another.
