bird-like horn wails that O'Rourke contorts around quiet synth oscillations and computerised swarms
grounded all the while by the pulse of Baptista’s percussion
they have managed something truly rare in this most dismal of decades: sonics recognizably their own
The BOX gallery founder Mara McCarthy
Recent live shows at Café OTO
Electric Eels – Spin Age Blasters [2LP] Drone / Minimalism bird-like horn wails that O'Rourke"The electric eels were the first punk band, full stop. They may not have started the genre, but they were the first to tick all the boxes. The eels rejected every 1970s rock conventionprofessionalism, virtuosity, subject matter, image. Dave E.s caustic vocals, complete with an aggressive lisp and a head full of snot, would become de rigeur a few years after the group disbanded. Meanwhile, the songs focus on car crashes, suicide, neuroses, and