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May 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Necks: Three

The Necks Three Northern Spy Records / Fish of Milk / Shock Celebrating the passing of three decades together – pointing to the fact that there’s been no line-up changes, the three founder members remaining (still and always) Three is also comprised of three individual 20-minute instrumental pieces; where often The Necks play for one […]
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April 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Necks: Body

The Necks  Body  ReR  The gentle and then – all of a sudden – furious virtuosity of The Necks is a thrilling thing to discover. And then to rediscover across the albums. Sometimes – as with Open –  they’re set in a quiet, understated framing, or, as with the more recent Unfold it’s about working to a format, creating pieces that fit […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bass, Body, Chris Abrahams, Drums, Guitar, Lloyd Swanton, Open, Piano, The Necks, The Necks: Body, Tony Buck, Unfold, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: # 7 – Check Your Neck/s

In honour of tomorrow being the day a new album by The Necks gets released this installment of Five Songs For Friday celebrates the music of one of my all-time favourite groups. This year the Aussie trio celebrates 30 years in the game. Thirty years of taking jazz – and specifically the jazz-trio-format – as a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 7, Aether, Ambient, Australia, Australian, Chris Abrahams, Daylights, Drive By, Five Songs For Friday, Five Songs For Friday # 7, Five Songs For Friday: # 7 – Check Your Neck/s, Instrumental, Jazz, Lloyd Swanton, Mindset, Minimalism, Mosquito, Mosquito/See Through, Open, Piano Bass Drums, Piano Drums Bass, Rum Jungle, See Through, Sex, The Boys, The Boys I, The Necks, Tony Buck, Trio, Vertigo ·

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October 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Necks: Vertigo

The Necks Vertigo Fish of Milk/Northern Spy Records The Necks, 18 albums deep now, and still there’s (always) something different – it’s now instantly familiar, you know the band you’re hearing, you know the sorts of sounds and textures and feels they conjure but every album remains its own thing, quite majestic when – essentially […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Ambient, Australia, Chris Abrahams, Jazz, Keith Jarrett, Lloyd Swanton, Mindset, Minimalist, Open, The Necks, Tony Buck, Trio, Vertigo ·

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January 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Glacial: On Jones Beach

Glacial On Jones Beach Three Lobed Recordings Funny, the tricks the mind plays – or where you allow the mind to go – when listening to free and improvised music; the melodies that find themselves and then find you in and around the noise, that dissonant wash, and then you attach your own memories, your […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, David Watson, Free, Glacial, Ian McEwan, Improv, Improvised, Lee Ranaldo, Noise, On Chesil Beach, On Jones Beach, Sonic Youth, The Dead C, The Necks, Tony Buck, Tony de Latour ·

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October 7, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Necks: Open

The Necks Open Fish of Milk Ah, there’s nothing quite like entering the world of The Necks. Well, there are a few things I guess – you can hear Eno and Satie and Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans’ solo conversation overdubs and a range of free-jazz/ambient/minimalist and soundtrack ideas in their playing. Always. But for […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Chris Abrahams, Fish of Milk, Lloyd Swanton, Open, The Necks, Tony Buck ·

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January 19, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1660

The Necks, Mindset (2011) I first heard The Necks when attending a concert in 2002. It was gob-smackingly good. I sat in the front row, mesmerised. I’d heard about them – done some research since I was reviewing the show. This Aussie trio mostly stuck to the rule of creating one long track – roughly […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Athenaeum, Australian, Chris Abrahams, Daylights, Drive By, Homebush, Jazz, Lloyd Swanton, LP, Mindset, Mosquitto, Quay, Raab, Rum Jungle, See Through, The Necks, Tony Buck, Vinyl ·

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