King Cobb Steelie
Destroy All Codes
(Outside)
OK, you blew your chance to herald the band’s new, tighter and more economic phase of dub-funk-jazz-rock that started with the woefully ignored 2000 release, Mayday. Here’s your chance to rectify the situation. On Destroy All Codes, KCS’s dual visionaries, bassist Kevin Lynn and guitarist Kevan Byrne electrify with rhythmic adventures. The sequence of tracks five through eight on this instrumental album (except for one, sung by Rebecca Campbell) is truly something to hear.
—Sean Flinn
This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.