Le Bone
Pink and Brown
Self Released
Self-described purveyors of “pink pop prog”, Le Bone are a genre fluid quartet who blend and shape sound into previously unheard configurations. Prog in its purest definition (i.e., progressive), they’ve been sailing uncharted waters and have brought back an album in Pink and Brown that defies easy categorisation. This record takes listeners on a musical journey, an immersive affair that hits operatic highs and grungy lows. Tracks like ‘Fuck It’ find the band stepping outside the song to deconstruct things as they go along, and as such they can often veer towards the surreal. Hallucinogenic (but without the hallucinogens), Le Bone deliver a selection of pocket symphonies, an array of songs that sparkle and shine and dazzle with their effervescence. I imagine that if Rush were from the Black Country and were formed this side of the millennium, they’d sound a lot like Le Bone, both sharing that pioneering spirit. And just like Canada’s finest, Le Bone never lose sight of important stuff like melody, ensuring that no matter how strange things get, songs such as ‘Creepazoid’ have an adhesive, sticky quality. Le Bone have produced an album that suggests Pink and Brown is the new black.
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Review by Peter Dennis