Fugu Quintet access a special chamber in your brain with their instrumental jazz. The five-piece band has some soulful compositions out, especially from their album Interweavement from 2021. It is something to listen to, for they are just teasing what will be out this year. Let’s dive into what makes this album power a psychedelic levitation.
All the instrumentals meditate on a certain pocket of sound. Yet, none of them are magnetically attached, at any point. Interweavement takes you through the complex thread of emotions and thoughts humans might experience. The opening of the album starts with Firefly, that glistens with some keys. As we descend on the softly composed single, Fugu Quintet has a chemistry that has to be admired. The talented musicians leave enough space in silence to appreciate their melodic compositions.Â
Instrumental jazz genius
Longer, more deliberate thought levers are cranked in No One Had Come. It is an effective way of dissipating different layers of sound, creating more of an atmospheric cloud to absorb the elements that remain. It is a mysterious tone, especially taking a lot of time to spread out the aspects thin. The saxophone leads in telling a story of quiet conscience. Like a mystery movie, we are dawning into the real intentions of the protagonist, and it has been parlayed extremely well into the emotive song.
Continuing the reverie is the song Worry. This is something that has the floating fingers of Pat Metheny, but also has a rock interlace with distortion spiked guitars. You can explore the tones of the melodies that interact with you, making something truly gorgeous and entertaining on several levels. Worry is one of the most interesting songs on the album, due to the contrast of emotions in each of the melody lines.Â
Kings of the groove
Fugu Quintet don’t want to waste anyone’s time. They are creating an album with music, not interludes with lead symphonies recorded in between. Duck of War is a playful groove, especially leading to more of a funky line. The play between the sax and guitar is exciting and intriguing, making for a dramatic, multi-faceted instrumental pocket. The penultimate treat comes in with Where Flamingos Fly. It is a tepid temperature that slowly heats, while letting out frigid clouds of melodrama. The song completely takes over your sense of being, while experimenting with textures that only expert ambient artists delve into.
This album is a class example of how a band finding their own way can forge a staircase to a higher plane. In performing through these layers, Fugu Quintet are prepared to make the world experience a new kind of indie jazz. The brilliant movie The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) would be a perfect bed to test out instrumental genius like this. Follow Fugu Quintet for more and listen to their album above!
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