From Astral Spirits:
"Avert Your I" finds veteran drummer Andrew Barker leading his free jazz trio into a deeper and more intense direction. After releasing Barker's duo with Daniel Carter "Polyhedron" a few months ago, it seemed like a good idea to issue a different side of Barker's playing to give a fuller picture.
Barker rounds out his trio with one of our favorite NY saxophonists (and also no stranger to Astral Spirits) Michael Foster and electric bassist Tim Dahl who is probably known more for his playing with Lydia Lunch, Child Abuse, Pulverize the Sound, GRID and more.
While the Barker/Carter duo showed us a more "classic" free jazz side of Barker's playing, "Avert Your I" hits out of the gate with the 17 minute title track that never lets up. Barker leads the trio from behind the kit with a disjointed yet propulsive style that only gets more intense throughout the entire album. Foster and Dahl keep pace and push the whole affair into more out-rock territory but somehow keep a solidly free jazz sensibility.
Sure, it's loud. But this is loud in the "Fuck de Boere" sense. Even when they're quiet, the Barker Trio are intense, and that's the best way to summarize this record. It's intense in the best way possible.
Barker Trio's "Avert Your I" is out July 27, 2018 in an edition of 150 tapes.
credits
released July 27, 2018
Michael Foster - tenor and soprano saxophones, electronics
Tim Dahl - bass
Andrew Barker - drums, synthesizer, electronics
Recorded by Andrew Barker and Dave Polk in Brooklyn, NY on February 23rd and 24th, 2017.
Mixed by Andrew Barker
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