Parenthetical Girls - The Scottish Play

Strictly limited availability (500 copies) in a silk-screened (???) sleeve illustrated by Glasgow's David Shrigley, it would come as no surprise if this also comes labelled: 'Parenthetical Guidance - This album contains Quirky'. The Portland based band's (formerly Swastika Girls) off-kilter whimsy can be traced in attitude all the way back to Captain Beefheart, sharing an experimental pathos with the likes of Dirty Projectors. And so they turn their waggish minds towards edifying the memory of Scottish poet/songwriter/curmudgeonly humourist Ivor Cutler. (((GRRRLS))) adapt 4 spoken poems and four songs likely chosen with a dart from the multitude of potential material, and a subjective star-rating (troublesome at the best of times) proves especially difficult in this particular instance. Is a straight reading of 'The best thing about being dead, is that you no longer have to say, "I wish I were dead"' good or bad? Your call! Meantime, Doughnut is the finest example of eccentric electro-orchestral beauty you haven't heard yet.