Mambo Mange
track list
| Eyes of Saul | 12:28 |
| Her Voices | 7:48 |
| Aztec Flag (mp3) | 4:16 |
| Edward's Call | 7:30 |
| Bellowed from Risen | 3:51 |
| Wolfen Lament | 3:56 |
Angelblood
Mambo Mange
locust95
180 gram LP
2007-10-23
Mambo Mange' is the posthumous 4th & final album by a fine NY ensemble who unfortunately imploded at the peak of their game.
Originally fronted by twin femme vocalists Lizzi Bougatsos (Gang Gang Dance) & celebrated visual artist Rita Ackermann, for what would be the band's final foray the duo enlisted Anders Nilsson (Aorta), Matt Heyner (NNCK), Dave Nuss (NNCK) & Brian DeGraw (Gang Gang Dance, Cranium).
Ackermann's Yoko Ono inspired freak-outs, feline growls & orgasmic yodels and Bougatsos's breathy wordless space panting over Matt "the Count" Heyner's seriously beefy power chords, Nilsson's sinewy solos, DeGraw's Bass thump & Nuss's propulsive drumming made for the most thoroughly realized vision of Angelblood's art + metal sound.
Angelblood played decidedly out of bounds & ahead of the curve. It was a risky proposition to begin with (who can get by playing heavy metal in Chelsea art galleries?) but goddamn if this isn't great music.