Cassette Review // MCCLURE AND WHYTE "FARMING"
"FARMING" is a concept where music is present with spoken word, which makes it feel like Steve Scott but there is also just that overall idea and belief (by me) that in the modern way of poetry someone such as The Beats, had they assembled now, would do so over music such as this and not just in a strictly spoken word way. This is, in many ways, that evolution of poetry.
What begins wavy and with guitar notes can become more haunted by the second song. Synths paint the picture on "This life" while different frequencies come out on "Baldoon HQ", sort of like a video game. A short whoosh goes into a more angelic sound and then church-like organs take over "Fields". A fun, carnival type sound ends the first side on "Farmyard".
A steady trill, almost like an emergency, starts off the flip side. A sort of reassuring tone comes through and then we're into this bouncing ball type of sound on "The animals are hungry".
"Sheep man" now, has more drawn out synth tones from space and then more church organs are on "The same ram". Whirrs come out on "Farm animal" while the sounds of sheep are also heard before this all comes to an end.
Lyrically, this cassette is unlike much of anything else. You can't just pull lines out as lyrics, as songs tell stories, but it's also not quite the same as listening to a book on tape. This has that more personal feeling of someone being in the same room with you and telling you a tale on their own account, something intimate and not to be shared with others. Between lyrics in a traditional sense and books on tape, this forms something completely new and coupled with the music it just has to be heard.
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