WEAK SIGNAL- Fine LP

Apocryphally, saxophonist John Coltrane realized at a certain point that his hour-long live solos could be cut down significantly, and if what he had to say and do over the course of an hour could be said in fifteen minutes, fifteen minutes was enough. It was a revelation for him.Multi-instrumentalist William Parker once said to me in conversation “why is complexity considered a musical value? Who cares if the music is complicated? Music is like food, and you’ve got to eat!”The music of New York trio Weak Signal (Mike Bones, guitar and voice; Sasha Vine, electric bass, violin, and voice; Tran, drums and voice) is a masterclass in simplicity and economy but these aspects aren’t present for their own didactic sake. Rather, their art is world-building in the most essential of ways, subtly spinning out in an enveloping, rich haze from a clear, architectural core. There are sections of knife-like collective squall and dialogic drift that glance at improvised music; while not strictly pop, t