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Published on 7/24/08
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While the band’s name suggests fey indie pop, this transcendent Dutch trio plays some of the most rousing free rock you’ll find. The term free rock itself might conjure visions of musicians flailing away recklessly, but there’s plenty of structure to these four long improvised pieces—just no stricture.
Guitarist Aart-Jan Schakenbos casts keening sheets of expertly crafted feedback as otherworldly melodies, while bassist Michael van Dam and drummer Leo Fabriek rumble and propel the band’s gargantuan sound ever outward. “April 3 2007”—named, like the three other tracks, simply for its recording date—ranks among the heaviest rock sounds ever spewed (think Skullflower or the Dead C at their most fervent). But “April 25 2007” finds the Julie Mittens comparatively pensive through an evocative 22 minutes of noirish simmer. Totally exhilarating.
