Some of the songs are very simple, some are very, very textured. Often, her vocals are almost whispered. Sometimes warming, sometimes creepy, always moving.
The duo of Sleater Kinney’s Janet Weiss and Sam “Puffy” Coomes (he of Heatmeiser and Elliot Smith sidemandom) are local heroes here in Portland, Ore-gone.
Armed with a voice that captures Jonah Matranga’s melodic moments and a fetish for Shai Hulud tempos, Chris Carrabba is impressive as a songwriter and frontman.
For all the “chaos,” they’re pretty predictable. They play soft, you know it’s gonna shift to thrash. They play loud, you know they’re gonna shift into jazz.