Group Theory
* Sunburned Hand Of The Man: 01-twelve-(excerpt) (4.0 mb) | Sunburned_MP3 (76.5 mb) | Sunburned_Flac (265.0 mb)
From Live At The ICA : June 20th, 2008 : London, UK
With the goal of a collective mind toward music making, the Sunburned Hand Of The Man always manage to make a glorious, glorious racket. Although they’re usually lumped along with other collectives like the No-Neck Blues Band and Jackie-O Motherfucker, Sunburned Hand Of The Man usually take a more groove based approach to their music making.
Sunburned Hand of the Man is a band in the loose sense of the word; it’s better described as a banner under which a collective of musical freaks have gathered. Based in Boston, Sunburned Hand of the Man grew out of trio which called itself Shit Spangled Banner and featured John Molony and Rob Thomas who would later become anchors of the Sunburned coterie. According to Molony, Shit Spangled Banner was conceived as “a cross between the Melvins and Sonic Youth,” but the group was fast picking up a host of like-minded dropouts and musical wanderers who would show up at their loft, and their sound soon began to incorporate everything from early American folk music to drone, free jazz, space rock, and funk. (allmusic)
Because of their improvisatory nature, you never know what you’re gonna get when you go see this group play. One of the shows I got to see had the collective blasting their way into my mind with a set of deep, bass heavy “songs”. This show on the other hand, given the title “Twelve Rules for Black Square Voids: A Long, Irrational Projection” and is a much spacier affair, with the band playing along to a short film that they put together.
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