Old Time Relijun w/Dorth Nakota, Aluminum Knot Eye & Gnarrenschiff

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Even on K Records, a label filled with oddities, Old Time Relijun stood out. The Olympia group’s jumpy blend of jazz, funk and punk was all the more striking for its low production values. After a decade of relative silence and inactivity, the band returned this spring with a new record, See Now and Know, which picks up right where they left off, filtering the worldly pop sensibilities of Talking Heads through the noisy filter of no wave—as always, the music is an acquired taste. During their downtime, bandleader Arrington de Dionyso immersed himself in the music of Indonesia, Japan and Morocco, and some of those influences shine through in unexpected ways.