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Peeesseye

Fri., March 23, 8 p.m., with Antler Piss and Ian M Fraser, Crane Arts Building, 1400 N. American St.


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Published: Mar 20, 2007

experimental

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If 31 minutes seems far too short for anything to be called an epic, then you've obviously never been confronted with Peeesseye's oo-ee-oo (burnt offering). In a mere half-hour, the Brooklyn-based trio (read PSI) creates an oppressive miasma of sound that'll leave you as bewildered as however-many-hundreds of Spartans running over your head. Their latest, Commuting Between the Surface and the Underworld (Evolving Ear), may divvy up the sound into smaller chunks, but it builds on the disturbing atmospherics. Where Peeesseye's earliest tunes were more aggressive blasts of abrasive electronics, a recent turn to more acoustic instruments gives the album the feel of a field recording of some bizarre ritual not meant to be seen by outsiders — Alan Lomax harrowing hell. It's kinda like a less everything-and-anything-goes Sun City Girls, or maybe The Godz' goateed evil twins. In any case, strange and compelling — just the right combination.

Fri., March 23, 8 p.m., $5-$10, with Antler Piss and Ian M Fraser, Crane Arts Building, 1400 N. American St., www.bowerbird.org.