--Forrest Friends - s/t CD-r (Debacle) -- $5$
"Forrest Friends seem to have arrived unscathed from a rip in the space/time fabric, and have conveniently plopped themselves face-first in Seattle. Channelling the likes of Avarus on their debut CD-R for the Debacle imprint, this duo (sometimes trio) blend cosmic instrumentalism and charmingly out-there hiccupping, coming across as tech-savvy nature kids. Kooky and whimsical yet never really kitschy, this six-song triumph of totally improvised video game-meets-gamelan psychedelia posts another win for West Coast mindfuckery. There are many questions left unanswered by this all-too-short disc: How’d they do that? Wha happened?? Gorillas in an interstellar bar brawl??? By the time our half-hour trip is up, and the final alien tones of the last, unnamed track have faded away, Forrest Friends have vacated our mundane world. Perhaps they will return one day, to collect the minds they’ve warped with their weird sonic weaponry. 9/10" --Foxy Digitals