MUSIC REVIEW: Deep Turtle - There's a Vomitsprinkler in My Liverriver (1994)

Bernhardt: Deep Turtle was a Finnish trio that combined elements of jazz, hardcore punk and latin rhythms, resulting in some herky-jerky, noisy and strangely catchy music.
There's a Vomitsprinkler in My Liverriver was their first LP (after releasing many EPs), and it is a solid piece of work, which keeps the listener entertained through its 50 minutes, despite the poor production (the band itself engineered all its recordings).
There are six tracks, consisting of three songs each, which give us a total of eighteen musical pieces. Most of them are excellent, displaying competent musicianship, a variety of ideas and most importantly, twisted and infectious melodies.
Examples include the opener, Tiotd / Ha-Tutza / Tostroid (if any reader wants to decipher the meaning of the song titles, you're welcome to) which features three driving, drum-punctuated hard rock songs with some rhythmically complex passages. The sparse lyrics are almost always impossible to make out, and are shouted through a distortion pedal.
The band pay tribute to British punk-prog band Cardiacs in the appropriately titled Cardiako (which could've easily fit in The Seaside), and sound like a more playful and less serious Mars Volta in the latin-influenced trilogy of Valz / Hot Mambo / Antivalz, which is mostly sung in Spanish. Hogtar is a throwback to early 60's surf rock, and D'Kues closes the album in a chaotic, sinister way. These are but a few examples of what the band has to offer in this LP.
Intrincated instrumental interplay (alliteration rocks) abound, and though the band's formula might wear a bit thin by the last few songs, there are no wasted minutes or filler compositons. Perhaps a pause in between tracks is recommended for maximum enjoyment.
An album that should appeal to both punk and progressive rock fans - a well-executed mixture of instrumental complexity, visceral energy and smart melodicism. B+

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