Double Rainbow
Richard Foster
, February 22nd, 2021 09:27
In Fukuoka native Kumio Kurachi, Glasgow's Howie Reeve may finally have found his soul mate, suggest Richard Foster
Double Rainbow, a split LP between Japanese singer and guitarist Kumio Kurachi and Glasgow-based “acoustic bass troubadour”, Howie Reeve, announces itself with a volley of atonal rasps from the saxophone. It’s a playful start that normally would be balanced with something more reflective. What we get instead is an ever-changing segue of acoustic reflections with short sharp shocks of noise, administered like some wild psychic booster jab, courtesy of NoMeansNo guitarist Andy Kerr and French saxophonist, Cathy Heyden.