#inturist

Интурист (Intuit) - Командировка LP [Full Album]

Tracklist 1. Не обещай (05:10) 2. Мужчина моего отца (06:09) 3. Мультфильм для взрослых (03:00) 4. Окно (03:50) 5. Интерьерные решения для всей семьи (03:43) 6. Много недовольных (06:58) 7. Профилактика (03:06) 8. Полез (05:13) 9. Муж на час (02:25) 10. Перемещайтесь (05:32)

Total length: 45:06

Интурист (Inturist) is essentially a one-man project led by multi-instrumentalist and improvisor, Evgeny Gorbunov, who seems indebted to 80's proto-industrial Spain, if not a group like Tools You Can Trust. The overall emphasis is in bringing forward each improvisation to the point of bursting forth, only to hammer down on escalation and redirect tension back beneath the skin. A whole series of promising attempts grind to a halt before they can center themselves within a song. The utilization of minimal dub works well, making a hypnotic and engrossing backdrop to a larger interplay of tension. There are plenty of songs here that work in a relatively conventional sense, but the craft across the board is what sells it for me.

It's a record deserving enough for my 2018 list, but it just got lost in the shuffle. It's out on vinyl now through Incompetence in Russia.