GOONS BE GONE, No Age's number 2 record for Drag City, kicks into
gear, takes you out west and gets some dirt on it, with what's possible
their most honed in and direct record yet.
A guitar/drums duo (Randy Randall and drummer/vocalist Dean Spunt) with a penchant for
self-recorded samples, No Age are mostly unconcerned with things like space or pause,
and GOONS BE GONE is gorgeously thick -- a
hazy, delirious expanse that's both comforting
and disorienting. Opener "Sandalwood" begins
and ends in murk, and in between Randall and
Spunt sputter and twitch and pound, alternately revealing and concealing a sweet, taut
melody -- such is No Age's agenda, burying an
addictive little singalong in layers of effects
and fuzz.
