ALEX'S HAND is poly-stylistic
avant-garde, experimental rock group centered around bassist Kellen Mills and
drummer Nic Barnes. It was launched in Seattle, Washington in 2011, and is currently
based out of Berlin, Germany. Dabbling in everything from rock, metal, jazz,
avant-grade, classical, progressive and experimental music, ALEX'S HAND has
self-released three full-length studio albums, two EPs, a live album, and an
album of spontaneous live improvisations. The group is made up of a large
group of musicians (12!) including the following instruments: bass, guitar,
synth, keys, organ, horns and violin. Also voice, sung and spoken word. The CD is split into long tracks and short
interludes with a lot of tongue and check humor. I think they are fans of Frank
Zappa, Primus, and Mr Bungle. The record is for people with a
truly eclectic taste in music. This is a very hard record to review but I have
to say it was very enjoyable and the interlude tracks are quite funny, telling
the story of the band Roaches!
This is a site where I post reviews of CDs, DVDs, LPs, and concerts. I have been writing music reviews on and off since 1984. I ran a heavy metal fanzine from 1984-1988 called Metal Madness and have been a staff writer for Aural Innovations for many years. I have also contributed to Chrohinga Well (RIP), Bad Acid (RIP), Lowcut (RIP), Roadburn and a number of other zines as well. I recently moved to Portugal so please request the new address and do not send any music to Denmark anymore. Tak..
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