Artist: Good Enough for You
Label: Self-released
Release: 2007
Rating: 3/5
The young Austrian band Good Enough for You (presumably named after a Captain Beefheart song) first caught my attention in Slovenia (at least in my case) when they played Menza pri koritu in Metelkova, where a short but inventive set showed off their talent and a bright future. They don’t have a hugely rich studio history yet, but you can already get a first glimpse of what these two musicians can do on the EP wer hat von meiner installation gegessen.
What stands out most in their music is the influence of punk, or rather alternative music of the Sonic Youth variety. Sonic experiments on guitar are key, with the aim of finding as many different sounds as possible. On top of that, Good Enough for You also use electronically programmed drums, which give them a distinctive style and charm. Raumschiff, who’s responsible for this drumming wizardry, often goes for a drum’n’bass variant of programmed beats, which adds yet another unique shade you don’t exactly hear in every punk/alternative band. Another unusual element is Karin Bruell’s clarinet, where the influence of someone like Captain Beefheart is probably most audible.
The album is built more on poking fun at modern trends and currents than on striving for some higher musical vision. But we need albums like that too. Sometimes you have to point out other people’s problems first, before you can show something more innovative. Good Enough for You do have a pretty original sound, but still, it feels like they’re searching for the right direction, and like everything they do comes from a desire to make fun of something.
In the end, I’d say this EP, which runs just 24 minutes in total, is a pretty solid piece of work, but the young Austrians will have to try harder in the future if they want to be more than just a band known for fairly funny social and all-purpose observations. I hope the first “real” album will already show progress in that direction.
Lineup
Karin Bruell – clarinet, vocals, percussion
Raumschiff Engelmayr – guitar, vocals, programming
Production
Good Enough for You
Track list
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2. Big bog bug bauch
3. Onze douze clé
4. Blackseat of my car
5. Beam me onto you
6. Lemmy lemme know
7. In the musktent
8. Sitting on the dog of my babe
Trajanje albuma: 24:11
