A big improvement on their initial shot in the dark The Shape of Doomjazz to Come/Saxophone Giganticus Free Nelson Mandoomjazz return with Awakening of a Capital to be released by RareNoise in February.

Taking a less mocking approach in their choice of album title this time around – the record owes its name to an early 20th century futurist experimental recording – droney doom metal fused with free-jazz remains the name of the game, succinctly summed up in opener ‘Sunn Ra)))’: namechecking Sun Ra cunningly folded into Doom heroes Sunn O))).

Operating best when the fuzzy bass of Colin Stewart wreaks havoc, drummer Paul Archibald keeps it relatively simple beating a solid tattoo of set patterns leaving saxophonist Rebecca Sneddon no option but to smash her way out of musical jail with her fiendishly feral squeals and bursts of energy. The tunes have relatively straightforward uncomplicated structures to them often built simply around meaty riffs generated by bass and drums served up scalding hot. Still doomed, how far the band can take this approach in the future is anyone’s guess.

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