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Tim Kinsella and Jenny Pulse have spent years making thoughtful and unpredictable art, whether musically as Joan of Arc or Spa Moans, or under their given names as writers and visual artists. On Giddy Skelter, their debut album as the unadorned InchTim Kinsella and Jenny Pulse,Inch they once again take an unexpected turn, but aim for something more direct. They've crafted a swirling, past-future, future-past, sorta-rock, collage-rock, melange borne from the confined anxiety of the pandemic. It's a full-length undeniably of it's moment, rich with musical references while radiating a visionary path forward.To assemble Giddy Skelter, Kinsella and Pulse aggressively culled their tracklist until they had a lean and impactful 11 songs, unlike anything either musician has released before. Opening track InchUnblock ObstaclesInch chugs along on a three-chord riff and dubbed-out drums before venturing into a hypnotic, feedback-filled drone that channels pre-Loveless My Bloody Valentine. InchOver and OverInch imagines a world where Slowdive or rich collaborated with Prefuse 73. On InchNena,Inch one minute features loops of classical piano, the next Spacemen 3-style psychedelic drone, and the next contemporary R&B. The majority of songs on Giddy Skelter foreground Pulse's yearning, ethereal vocals, giving the music a distinctly feminine overtone. Sometimes the thing that makes great rock n' roll is the ineffable and the intangible, something you can only describe as alchemy; other times it's the rigors of process. On Kinsella and Pulse's Giddy Skelter, it's both - and it sounds unlike anything else you'll hear this year.A1. Unblock ObstaclesA2. Over & OverA3. Over & OverA4. NenaA5. BootgirlB1. If I'd KnownB2. Blindfold 2B3. Every House Has A Door 3B4. WhinnyB5. Every House Has A Door 4B6. Sun Inspector 2
