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Bark!: Contraption

Read "Contraption" reviewed by John Eyles


Recorded in 2004, this is only the second album from Bark! even though they have been around since 1991 [Their first album was Swing (Matchless, 1999)]. Guitarist Rex Casswell used to be in Stock, Hausen & Walkman, and there are plenty of points on this album that echo SH&W's absurdist humor. The guitar is not deployed to produce recognizable guitar sounds, but more as a source of electronic sounds that are frequently indistinguishable from Paul Obermeyer's sound samples.

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