Joey Chainsaw, "Gaynesanus"

If you are happy to ignore the gynecological playing card cover art, this sonic clutter offers up a much tastier treat. Joey Chainsaw have been mentioned in the same breath as The Skaters offshoot Lamborghini Crystal, and they are kind of right but this is a much less retro and jokey project. Mainly built from 4-track explorations, this is what a man who completely lost his grip on reality instead of finding cult fame sounds like.

 

Bum Tapes

Beginning like a collection of sellotaped Lee Perry 'before the band arrived' loops, Chainsaw cultivates a very obvious outsider vibe. With an unfledged guitar technique that he uses to strum out half-lost echoed melodies, the music sounds like a rambling weirded-out blurb.

Phased strings clog with rainwater are wrapped up in magnetic tape, Joey Chainsaw's music is the epitome of hands on: and there is dirt under those nails. This very un-pretentious, but wobbly record, sounds like the result of play/record numerous sessions. Post-production is for the sane.

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