PER MISSION
A Ritual Loop (Monitor Records)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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Oh, I was so excited when I got this album and first put it on! Finally, a band I had never heard of, responsible for some of the most beautiful, creepiest music I've heard in ages, resplendent with amazing percussion (it sounds like everything from a cowbell to a cardboard box were incorporated into the drum kit), gorgeously eerie loops and samples, and even the occasional strange bit of spoken word and piano interludes placed expertly in some of the instrumentals. I was slightly less exhilarated, when I finally got around to reading the press kit, to find that the actual players on the album included Jason Noble and Kyle Crabtree (Shipping News/Rodan), and Rachel Grimes and Christian Frederickson (Rachel's) amongst other not-so-obscure players. Some days it seems like all the good, innovative music in the country are being made by the same ten people, and while I love getting and listening to the records made by these ten people, it just makes me kind of sad.

© 2002 - Holly Day