Recording: Quintet

Artist: Quintet

Songs: [first set excerpt] + [second set excerpt, in two parts]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), May 15, 2019.

Quintet minus one - [first set excerpt]

Quintet - [second set excerpt, part 1]

Quintet - [second set excerpt, part 2]

On the one hand, this band assembled for Allison Cameron's Tranzac timeslot had a fairly generic name (at least for now... it may have been decided to call the group "Maybe Robin Will") but it was exceptional enough justify it. The group actually started out as a "quintet minus one" for the first set, with Cameron joined by Mark Zurawinski, Chris Willes and Felicity Williams. Behind some buzzing and crackling, they provided some improvised thrift-store hymns and the sound of janky cables. But everything fell right into focus with the addition of Robin Dann for the second set, pamphlet of found-sound lyrics in hand, pushing things into funhouse-mirror pop with gentle vocal hocketing and synthesized background foley.