Soundcheck

Thuluth

By: Daryl Worthington

The Wire

2024

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The opening title track and “Pluto’s Heart” are vibrant tableaus of timbre and movement, not so much alternating between cacophonous and euphonious as shattering their boundaries. On the latter, all three members swerve their instruments into the chattering groove of Wassermann’s vocalisations with hypnotic results. Standout “Radiant Geometry” is worthy of its name. Wassermann moves from soaring to growling incantations, as though she’s duelling with the bass’s low frequencies. Mayas and Yassin join in a strident, caustic shimmer before everything abruptly cuts into whistles and squeaks. It’s spellbinding, the three cohering so perfectly it’s hard to believe they’re improvising.