A second on my list of favorite releases this year is Bitches Blues by Hedvig Mollestad's latest trio, Weejuns. Her style shares the glacial spaces of fellow Northern European guitarists Rypdal and Björkenheim, but herein she stretches the strings of those outer limits to the edge of the known audioverse.
From her album title's allusive reference to the famous Miles Davis opus Bitches Brew, I expected more NY skronk than just the opening track, but the entropy blues that follow take you along to your own private corner in those previously unoccupied headspaces.
Half the material is carried equally by organist Ståle Storløkken from nu-jazz outfit Elephant9, recalling the driftiest psych of Richard Wright's abstract Ummagumma riffs.
There's far less here to feel as familiar to the ears as the latest Soft Machine (reviewed earlier), but Bitches Blues is an impressive entry for the truly adventurous listener.
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