Zu - Carbon

Sometimes I encounter a record which is competely exhausting when played from A to Z, yet consists of stunning compositions. Such uncommon situation is most often caused by incredible richness, intensity and eccentricity of music unleashed on my unprepared, unexpecting ears. Metal bands usually are doing this to me, but not exclusively: after finding Zu I can tell that anything tagged 'experimental' should be handled carefully through loudspeakers.

That's right; their name is Zu, an absurd-looking syllable which describes nothing. They are not from United States, which earns them first plus. They are using bassoon (wow, second plus) melted with disostred bass and start-stop drums (math-rock addicts?). To sum it up, we have: jazz, rock, metal (that's true, they are playing heavy sounds too) and some noise put together. Adding reasonable support from almighty Mike Patton (third plus) results with one more awesome band.

Thankfully, I'm focusing on singles, not albums. 'Carbon' is an energetic shot with quite unique twists and turns. You've noticed those sick drums and now you're looking for full album? OK, but I warned you: this one may be pretty annoying at the first time. Only after giving it a second chance, vou might be rewarded.

Zu - Carbon




Artist: Zu
Album: Carboniferus (2009)
Track: Carbon
Track Number: 3
Track Length: 4:24
Labels: Ipecac Recordings (USA)