El Hombre Trajeado – Fast Diagonal

12 years after their last album, it’s remarkable how much of El Hombre Trajeado’s sound has carried over onto record number four. If 2004's Shlap was a sonic clip round the lugs, then Fast Diagonal, all angular guitars and jagged edges, treads a similarly onomatopoeic path.

RM Hubbert and Stevie Jones (Sound of Yell / Arab Strap) have established themselves as artists of note in recent years but the tidy instrumentation found on their solo work is left at the door here, replaced with messy, jittery krautrock. At its best, as on the De Rosa-esque Darkest Sea and the hypnotic Nettles that bookend the madness; it’s compelling. At worst, it’s slightly jumbled, but enjoyable nonetheless.

Listen to: Darkest Sea