Oneida: Preteen Weaponry
Label: Jagjaguwar
Oneida has added more variety to its sound in recent years but here pares back to basics. That said, it’s still a bit of a change from previous albums as this is the closest they have yet gotten to pure motorik Krautrock. Most of the record is instrumental, and what singing there is comes on the most basic level both musically and lyrically. It’s as though they stepped back, evaluated themselves and decided, “This is what we do best, this is what we enjoy most in our music, and now we’ll do it better than ever.” The result is pure exhilaration. (Steve)
