Works Project LP

Apart from the whacked-out glory of The Beta Band, few can match Scott 4's disregard for convention. This is the kind of thing terms like 'eclectic' stop well short of summing up.

It starts with the pulsating, warped, Neil Young-gone-bonkers country psycho-blues of 'Catastrophe', and from there on the London trio take as many sonic prisoners as is humanly possible.

'Troubles 1-2-3' is the closest they come to pop. The latter effortlessly melts into the bliss of multi-layered vocals going round and round in the craziest of circles on 'Lefturno' - spellbinding stuff, complete with tripped out lyrics; "Get yourself right/a medicational/thinking device/float downstream/ take a look at the lights/but your arrogant mind/puts a block on advice/as the cigarette catches/you turn out the light". A couple of lo-fi pisstakes later and - just when you think nothing will make sense ever again - Scott 4 come up with the beautiful sense-awakening lament of 'Ancient & Modern' as a mournful parting glass. As it fades out of the speakers, you are left reeling. Works Project is one hell of a ride.